Oil portrait and figure painting
Colorful original oil portraits, commissioned oil portrait paintings, and figure oil paintings are all original artworks for sale by portrait artist Talya Johnson. From the very beginning of her article journey Tali loved drawing and painting people. Becoming a mother only intensified her desire to experience painting portraits from life. “Closely examining the human face is something that holds endless fascination for me. While all human beings are hardwired from infancy to seek out faces that return their gaze, I seem to have never satisfied the intensity of my own longing. As a child I remember painted portraits of both ancestors and strangers hung in the homes I inhabited. The images had a profound impact on my young mind, making me feel known and seen. I didn’t necessarily view these portraits as works of art so much as proxies of the individuals they represented. . . While I was never one to be curious about far-away places and cultures, portraits, especially those with a direct gaze from the sitter, have continually kept me curious about the individuals they represented and the communities from which they came.” Click here to view or purchase oil portraits and figure paintings here.
Contact Tali directly to inquire about a commissioned portrait of you or your loved one. Many of Tali’s portrait sitters have expressed how the intimate process of being painting was profoundly therapeutic. Tali is uniquely committed to making commissioned portraits affordable and accessible.You can read her recent thesis about painting 51 alla prima portraits of Oregon College of Art and Craft Community here.
