Pastel Portraits by Artist Bonnie Lee Turner: Three Brothers Pastel Portrait features the Love and Friendship between boys (now young men) from Vermont..
22” x 28“, Pastel on Archival Paper, 2007
For this pastel portrait commission, I first set out to do individual portraits; I did a photo shoot of the boys just being themselves and interacting and enjoying each other, and then decided to have the two oldest stand in front of an absolutely gorgeous flowering bush. They immediately wrapped their arms around each other and a special moment was captured. The love and friendship between two brothers was a powerful image – and this had to be memorialized.
The youngest stands before the watchful eyes of his two older brothers – it was clear from this moment, that I had the perfect portrait – the perfect piece was of all three boys…all three brothers.
Though each boy could be the perfect portrait on their own, the dynamics between them was too important and I had to paint them together – to capture their love for each other. Their parents, needless to say, were ecstatic with the results.
Contact me to commission a hand painted pastel portrait of your children, for precious memories to last a lifetime.
Bonnie Lee Turner
bt@theartoflife.com