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Head and Shoulders ...........................................
24 x 20 ........................................ $2,000
Half Figure with Hands .......................................
30 x 24 ........................................ $3,100
Three-Quarter Figure ..................................up
to 40 x 30......................................... $5,000
Interior Paintings
Single Full Figure .......................................
up to 45 x 55 .........................................
$9,000
Double Full Figure ...............................................
60 x 60 ....................................... $12,000
All travel, lodging, framing and shipping expenses are
in addition to the prices
listed above. Canvas sizes are approximate depending upon
composition and size of subject. Unless otherwise specified
as above, prices are per figure.
Ms. Berté also would draw your attention to her
use of only the finest imported Belgium linen available
when she paints your portrait.
Procedure
The artist prefers to hold the first sitting in one session.
During the two or three hour sitting, reference photographs
are taken, and the artist consults with the client on
the mood and setting of the portrait. She plans each portrait
for the client's lifestyle as well as for the most dramatic
impact and proper ambiance.
Ms. Berté will work within the client's schedule.
Delivery time takes about two months depending upon the
portrait's size and complexity.
How I Go About Painting a Portrait
My Approach
My Technique
My Vision
For me, painting a portrait begins with listening. I listen
intently to my clients, gathering and storing information,
filled with observations and impressions. In this meeting,
I discover why they have come, what they love, and how
they see themselves.
Next — based on my years of design — I fashion
a backdrop for my clients. I choose a setting that matches
their lifestyles, and then I schedule time for a photographic
shoot. From these photos, I select every element I need
in my portraits. Before I approach my easel and canvas,
I refine the portrait in my mind, spending whatever time
and energy it requires to achieve a clear concept and
a bright visualization to guide me.
Now I begin to paint the portrait of my client in all
their specialness, using a traditional manner and a classical
style — dark, lean passages and opaqueness in the
lights with some brush strokes visible to the viewer.
Always I remain open to what my clients continue to show
me of themselves. All portraits challenge me to grow in
perception, to develop new techniques, and to hold to
my artistic integrity. Gradually, the uniqueness that
is the client comes alive at the tip of my brush.
Through this creative process, I achieve what has become
my ideal: to paint beautiful, authentic, personal portraits
that are at the same time works of art with universal,
genreappeal.
This, to me, is the essence of portraiture as I know it
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