A Stroke of Genius Portrait Artists - Corporate, Government, Official, Family & Children's Portraits

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We feature many award-winning artists. Further down the page are some who placed in recent competitions. See our COMPETITION WINNERS page for all winners on this site.

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Contacted by...
The White House, U.S. Senate, U.S. Supreme Court, the Pentagon, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army, SOCOM, Homeland Security, Department of the Treasury, HUD and other United States and state government agencies, universities, hospitals, film industry, major corporations such as Tiffany & Company and New York Life Insurance have all referenced our site in the artist selection process.

Featured in...
We've been featured in Art & Antiques magazine, BusinessWeek, American Artist (twice), The Artist's Magazine (twice), New York Metro Family Guide, Newsday and more. In a 2005 New York 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.

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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 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
ROSSIN'S portrait of Ambassador Andrew Young was accepted into the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery's Permanent Collection on May 3, 2010. His portrait of Hank Aaron was unveiled at the Baseball Hall of Fame on June 5, 2010. 08/2010	JOHN ENNIS recently completed portraits for Jos.A. Banks CEO Bob Wildrick, and Temple University School of Medicine's famous anatomy professor Dr. Carson Schneck. 12/09	DEAN PAULE'S portrait of Sean O'Keefe, former Head of NASA, was presented at NASA headquarters Oct 19, 2009. It will hang in that location. He will also be painting the official portrait of the current Commandant of the Marine Corps, General James T. Conway. 12/09	RICH NELSON was selected to paint the noted heart surgeon Dr. W. R. Chitwood. Dr. Chitwood invented tools and a procedure for a common heart operation that eliminates the need for open heart surgery. He now performs and teaches these less invasive surgeries worldwide. 12/09	KATHERINE BROWN was recently selected to paint the retired Director of the Western PA School for Blind Children. The portrait will hang in the lobby of their new building dedicated and named for her. She is also a Daughter of Pennsylvania and the recipient of many awards for outstanding achievements. 12/09
MICHELE RUSHWORTH just completed the official portrait of the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, Admiral Thad Allen. 02/09	CONNIE ERICKSON'S portrait of the President General of the National Society of the Daughters of American Revolution was dedicated at the DC offices on Jul 7. 08/09	DANIEL DUFFY was commissioned by the Wharton School of Business, U. of PA to paint Patrick T. Harker, Dean and Jay and Patty Baker, trustees. The U. of Delaware selected him to portrait of President Patrick T. Harker. 4/09	THOMAS NASH is currently painting Maynard Jackson, the former Mayor of Atlanta for the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. 02/09	TOM EDGERTON painted VAdm Rodney P. Rempt, Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, & will The Honorable Douglas Albright, retired from the NC Superior Court. 02/08
ALEXANDRA TYNG was awarded the portrait of Dr. Constantine Papadakis, President of Drexel University. 1/31/08	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 . .

2009 PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA & PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF ATLANTA COMPETITION WINNERS
Garth Herrick Honor Award PSOA	John Ennis Cert. of Excellence PSOA	Bryon Tracy Snyder Third Place PSOATL, Summer	Leah Hopkins Henry Honorable Mention PSOATL, Summer
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.