Commisioned Work, please contact me for enquiries.
I really enjoy woking on commission pieces. Weather working from photographs to create an original portrait, or with a client to develope new work, I find the process very rewarding. Working on a specific project is an opportunity to pull together to tools of my experience to produce a new, thematically driven peice.
The following were not commisioned pieces, but are examples of paintings where I have worked from photographs.
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Portrait of American poet Frank O'hara (2008)
"Waiting", based on a photograph of friend Nicole Belanger (2006)
"My Way or the Highway" based on a photograph of my grandfather, Ralph Ackerman Sr. (2007)
"Hunt, the Dog" Inspired by an photograph of David Ackerman and Maureen Rump taken in the late '60's.