Sunday, 20 January 2013

Agencies for portrait artists

Commission A Portrait
Commissionaportrait.com includes commission details and contact info on a vast range of portrait artists, of all different ages and styles.
The website allows you to search for a specific style, medium, subject...etc. in order to find the ideal artist.
In order to apply for representation from this agency, you need to download a contact form PDF file and send six recent portraits along with an art C.V.

Heart Agency
Heart is quite a renowned agency with quite a considerably small selection of portrait artists on board. They seem to represent other artists as well. You can submit work via post (prints) for consideration to be represented by Heart and they state on the website that they intend on replying to all submissions they receive, but will not reply to e-mail attachments.

A Stroke Of Genius
This agency states it isn't catered for beginners (presumably graduates and students) but will consider work if it's seemingly of a very high standard.
Celebrity portraits worked from reference photos are discouraged unless commissioned, which suggests the artist must have a very strong photographic memory in order to work free-hand on a celebrity portrait.

Portrait Artist
The site doesn't state how to apply or submit your own work to the agency, but all artists featured seem to hold a similar style. They all seem to work with oil paints and paint quite realistically, all looking very professional and distinguished.

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