Reflective Portraits

made by: Betsy Bauer , from her portfolio (reflection face in silver cup with water)

This is an oil painting I did over Thanksgiving holiday at my parents house. I was assigned to do a painting of someone's reflection painted in an analogous color palette. I had a few different ideas all with children that I was thinking of doing. Here is one of my sketch book pages: I chose to do a little girl scrutinizing and admiring herself in a mirror. I painted it in a yellow analogous palette (the color is not showing up perfectly in the photo but it's close). My four-year-old sister…

Emily is a native of Powder Springs, GA. She studied painting at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and ultimately graduated from SCAD Atlanta with a BFA in painting. Beginning in 2008, Emily served in various roles in the Marietta art community, but in the last several years has committed to her own artistic growth as an oil painter. She is a painterly realist and marries traditional still life techniques with contemporary subject matter. She is inspired by the beauty and personality in…