Click portrait to see this artist; Click refresh or reload on your browser to see others or visit one of our many galleries.      Our artists are available for portrait commissions and can be contacted directly or if you PREFER ASSISTANCE in choosing a portrait painter, please fill out our short questionnaire, or call us at 727-738-1688. If you are a portrait painter interested in information on being featured, please see JOINING THE SITE. The White House, U.S. Senate, U.S. Supreme Court, the Pentagon, U.S. Coast Guard, universities, Tiffany & Company and other major corporations have either asked some of our artists to send their portfolios or requested our assistance in choosing an artist. We've been featured in Art & Antiques magazine,BusinessWeek, American Artist, The Artist's Magazine, New York Metro Family Guide, Newsday and more. In a recent NY Times article, five out of six artists featured in a portrait article were from Stroke of Genius. See the IN THE MEDIA page for details. We've also been contacted by the Wall Street Journal and Town & Country magazine regarding portrait articles. To see all artists on the site, choose IMAGE & NAME GALLERY, ARTISTS BY NAME & LOCATION & FEES INDEX. To view artist works by subject, setting or medium choose one of our many other galleries from the dropdown menu at the top of this and all main pages or use the links on the left. We feature many award-winning artists. Below are some who placed in recent competitions. See our COMPETITION WINNERS page for all winners on this site.

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SELECTED GALLERIES (see complete gallery list in dropdown menu above)
View more than 1,200 examples of portrait painting commissions from over 100 professional portrait artists. MAIN GALLERY features every portrait artist, but there are also many specialty galleries including...
POLITICAL PORTRAITS where there are paintings of President Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Lawrence Eagleburger & James A. Baker, former President Gerald Ford & more...	Private and family commissions can be found across many galleries such as WOMEN - FORMAL, SIBLINGS INDOORS, ADULT & CHILD, TEEN GIRLS, EQUESTRIAN and more...
JUDICIAL PORTRAITS features official portrait commissions of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, Judge Charles Thomas, Justice Thurgood Marshall, Judge Ruth Ginsburg & more...	In MILITARY PORTRAITS are official portraits of Alexander Haig, James B. Stockdale and more...
OFFICIAL & VIP GALLERY is a combination gallery where you'll find corporate portraits, government official portraits and persons of renown across all fields...	In ACADEMIC PORTRAITS, you'll see paintings of university presidents and other significant figures in education.

SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF OFFICIAL PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS PAINTED BY OUR ARTISTS & OTHER EXCITING PORTRAIT HAPPENINGS
DANIEL DUFFY was commissioned by the Wharton School of Business, U. of PA to paint the portrait of Patrick T. Harker, Dean and Jay and Patty Baker, trustees. The U. of Delaware has commissioned the portrait of President Patrick T. Harker. 4/30/2009	THOMAS NASH is currently painting Maynard Jackson, the former Mayor of Atlanta for the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. 02/01/2009	JOHN ENNIS has been selected to paint Nobel Laureate Susumu Tonegawa of M.I.T.'s Picower Institute. 05/26/2008	TOM EDGERTON painted VAdm Rodney P. Rempt, Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, & will The Honorable Douglas Albright, retired from the NC Superior Court. 02/19/08	ALEXANDRA TYNG was awarded the portrait of Dr. Constantine Papadakis, President of Drexel University. 1/31/2008
CONNIE SZERSZEN recently completed a portrait of Morland & Agnes Hamilton for St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee where 19 of her portraits hang in the main lobby and branches. 1/18/08	LINDA TRACEY BRANDON is working on commissions for three Brooklyn Law School professors. 9/7/2007	JUNE ELIZABETH BLACKSTOCK recently unveiled her portrait of the Hon. Charles F. Crisp, 37th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. 4/22/07	GINNY STANFORD recently painted an official portrait of former First Lady Hillary Clinton for the Nat'l Portrait Gallery & has been commissioned by Duke for the Dean of the Law School, Katharine Bartlett. 3/25/07	LINDA VISE has been selected to paint an official portrait of Congresswoman Kay Granger for a school in Texas that will be named after her. 3/14/07
MICHAEL SHANE NEAL was selected to paint Senator Robert Byrd's official portrait for the US Capitol, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Alan Hantman, Architect of the Captiol for US Capitol, & Chief Judge Anthony Scirica. 11/30/06	MICHELE RUSHWORTH was selected to paint the official portrait of Governor Gary Locke of Washington State. Rushworth is also creating the official portrait for Nevada Governor Kenny C. Guinn. 11/30/06	On Oct 3, 2006, DANIEL E. GREENE'S portrait of U.S. Sect'y of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman's official Portrait was unveiled in Washington, DC. 10/14/2006	SIMMIE KNOX painted an official portrait of former President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and was awarded the commission for the governor of Alabama.	IGOR BABAILOV was commissioned to paint President Bush, President Putin, Rudolph Giuliani, the Pope and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
See more official commissions in our OFFICIAL and VIP GALLERIES . .

PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2008 & 2007 COMPETITION & PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF ATLANTA, 2007 COMPETITIONS

William Chambers PSA - Honor Award Karin Wells PSA - Cert. of Excellence Rich Nelson 2nd Place PSOA, Outdoor John Ennis Honor Award PSOA, Outdoor Garth Herrick Honor Award PSOA, Outdoor Alexandra Tyng Honor Award PSOA, Outdoor Johanna Spinks PSOATL, Fall - 1st PLACE Leah Hopkins Henry PSOATL, Fall - 3rd PLACE Charles Walls PSOATL, Spring - Honorable Mention

See all COMPETITION WINNERS on this site . .

IMPORTANT PORTRAIT CONNECTIONS . . .
MASTERSOFPORTRAITART.COM A beautiful site featuring some of the greats of contemporary portraiture today - Daniel Greene, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Simmie Knox, John Howard Sanden, Ronald Sherr, Aaron Shikler, Burton Silverman and Richard Whitney.	A STROKE OF GENIUS FINE ART BOOK STORE Features over 1,000 art books with a slant towards portraiture and figurative. There are instructional books, videos and DVD's in all mediums as well as contemporary & historical portrait artists of interest to portrait painters.
PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Portrait Society of America, the largest non-profit organization dedicated to fine art portraiture and figurative works in America. With over 2,750 members world-wide.	THE WORLD OF PORTRAIT PAINTING by John Howard Sanden, features reviews of exhibitions and books on portrait painting, analyses of great portraits by masters of the past, practical information for the working professional of today, and “shop talk” – tips and suggestions from one artist to another.
ART RENEWAL CENTER will soon have 1,000's of images of the greatest painters & sculptors & an encyclopedic collection of essays, bios and articles. Board Chairman is Fred Ross; board includes Banks, Whitney, Elliot.	THE PORTRAIT INSTITUTE was founded in 1974. Though no longer offering seminars, the Institute continues to distribute John Sanden videos, brush sets, books & specialty oil color sets that you can order online.
PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF ATLANTA is the oldest all volunteer portrait groups in America. Membership is open to portrait artists in all parts of the country. Our main purpose is to educate the public to a greater awareness of the portrait as a valid and valuable art form. At the same time we enrich our members by offering a variety of services.