My Little Black Combs series has inspired some fun commissioned pieces. Recently, I did a set of two portraits for a couple of lovely humans; this required timetraveling to the 1950s. John was in 5th grade in 1957 and Penny was in 3rd grade in 1956. This presented the unique challenge of converting their portraits to color. Back then, school pictures were always black and white! Penny remembered the exact color of her dress and described it perfectly for me. John didn’t remember the color of his plaid shirt though, so I improvised! Another fun fact is that these portraits capture Penny and John in elementary school, only a few short years before they met in high school. Believe it or not they were married a few years later and last summer they celebrated their 50th anniversary! It makes this set of portraits even more special.
If these sweet portraits make you nostalgic for your school days, feel free to reach out to me to commission your very own portrait! We can time-travel together and make the magic happen.