This commissioned piece was done for the daughter of the First Kentucky Derby Queen. She was queen in 1936 and is still alive and well today at 96. I had the pleasure of meeting her in August 2009 just before I started the portrait. It is done with PanPastel and Diane Townsend pastels on Strathmore 500 series vellum.
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Sigridur Bachmann 15 Sep 2010
What a unique and lovely work ! Stunning painting !Anonymous Guest 11 Jan 2010
Lisa, this is beautiful. I love the background... What an awesome commission! TomiCalvin McFarlane 22 Oct 2009
an exquisite piece of workRobin Champagne 15 Oct 2009
Ah!! so there it is! and yes, I can see the horses in the background (and I was just satisfied with the groovy swirling purple before!!) You do beautiful work!v blair 15 Oct 2009
Stunning!!! I love the horses in the background!!