New Fine Art Gallery Website Launched: Sonia Hale Fine Art

I am very pleased to announce that I am launching a new website in the next day. It will include my fine art paintings and will be separate from my portrait work. In the days ahead I'll be linking the 2 sites and separating my portrait and my fine art works. New paintings will be added to the Fine Art site in the next weeks.

I hope you enjoy the new works and please be in touch if you have any comments!

www.soniahalefineart.com

Posthumous Portraits: Getting ready to paint my first Doctor in oil, the International portrait commision

I am honored to have been chosen for a posthumous portrait of a doctor which will hang in a hospital abroad. I will start this soon during the summer. I am pleased to take on portraits that will hang internationally and this one will hang in India to honor this lovely man.

Custom portraits: High School Graduation Oil Portraits—Capturing your teenager in oil before they head to College

I have been enjoying working on the younger male sibling of these two lovely young women. Their mom and I are seasoned pros for this family's desired portrait look: we deftly work the angles and desired look of each portrait, as this is now our third time going through the process. The mom kindly said I'd hit the ball out of the park the first two times.

I consider this to be one of the best times to have an oil portrait painted. Eighteen years is a wonderful time in a young person's life and they are at a crossroads. Their faces mature in the next few years into a more adult look. If you want that more adult look that is also nice, but it is charming to capture the 18 year old before they venture from your home. And when you miss them you have this remembrance, which is comforting.

Luxury Gifts for Dad: Commissioned Men's Oil Portrait unveiled

It was a pleasure to work with this family on their gift for their father for his 90th birthday! What a wonderful idea for the person who has everything and what a lovely way to honor your loved one.

I worked from existing photographs and added the Harvard University tie. Seeing the close family bonds through other special occasions was a delight.