Artist Doug Strickland, Portrait Page

Some of the portraits here were painted from one photograph, and others were painted from two or more, depending on the pose, clothes, and facial expression preferred by the patron who commissioned the portrait. It's always easier to paint from one photo, but sometimes, it is difficult to get all aspects of an ideal portrait together at one moment in time. Black and white photos also can be used, if properly exposed. Although my portraits are painted from photographs, they are not painted over photographic images previously printed on a canvas as are those of some other portrait painters. This classical method requires artistry at every step in the process. Please contact me for a prompt response to any inquiry by clicking HERE .

"Jonathan" 24" x 20", oil on linen Collection: Lori & Mack Langdon
*"Audrey with Trophies"* 24" x 30", oil on canvas

"Jack & Millie" 24" x 36", oil on linen Private Collection

"Tim Fruge" 30" x 24", oil on canvas Private Collection	"Joshua" 14" x 11", 2005, oil on canvas private collection

"Jimmy Johnson ~ Four Oaks, NC" 30" x 24", oil on canvas Collection: Jimmy Johnson	"John & Bonny Martinez" 14" x 11", 2005, oil on canvas panel Collecion: John & Bonny Martinez
*"Guy in Blue"* 20" x 16", oil on canvas private collection

"Gregg & Donna Gregory Hoerdemann" 48"x 36", 2004,~ oil on canvas private collection	"Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Herring" 24" x 20", 2005, ~ oil on canvas private collection

Rev. John Ryberg (dec.) ~ 24" x 20" oil/canvas Collection: First Baptist Church, Smithfield, NC	The Lassiter Children 20" x 24" ~ oil on canvas

"Mr. & Mrs. William Edmundson" ~ 20" x 16" oil/canvas Collection: Bill Edmundson	"Brittany, Haley, and Copper" 24" x 30" (oil on canvas) Collection: Fred & Bonnie Talton

"Lauren" 24" x 20" (oil on canvas) private collection	"Mark" 24" x 20" oil on canvas private collection

"Cam" 24" x 20" (oil on canvas) Collection: Ms. Vel McLamb	"Little Princess" 24" x 20" (oil on canvas) Collection: Mr. & Mrs. Frank Knott

"Steven" 24" x20" (oil on canvas) Collection: Mr. & Mrs. Dean Andrews	"Cooper" 24" x 20" (oil on canvas) Collection: Mr. & Mrs. Dean Andrews

"Brother and Me" 20" x 16" ~ oil on canvas ~ Private Collection	"The Booker Children" 24" x 36" (oil on canvas) Collection: Mr. & Mrs. John Booker

"Kirk Taylor, Art Supply Dealer" 16" x 12" oil on panel Included in N.E.W. (Never Exhibited Works) Show Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC, 9/1 - 9/30/06	Wedding Portrait ~ James & Martha Caviness

"Reagan" 24" x 18" (oil on canvas) Collection: Dr. & Mrs. Dean Strickland	"Jake" 20" x 16" (oil on canvas) Collection: Dr. & Mrs. Dean Strickland

"Maggie" 24" x 20" (oil on canvas) Collection: Dr. & Mrs. Dean Strickland	"Ernie" Collection: Ms Bethany Chapin 20" x 16" (oil on canvas)

"Rebecca" 20" x 16" (oil on canvas) Collection: Ms. Bethany Chapin	Collection: Mr. & Mrs. Will Hinnant 20" x 16" (oil on canvas)