The Gillie
by Jean Cormier
Title
The Gillie
Artist
Jean Cormier
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
The fisherman's guide in Scotland is a gillie. This gentleman reminded me so much of my husband, I had to paint him! This piece was one of the 110 works chosen in an international competition sponsored by the Artist's Network for publication in the "AcrylicWorks 5: Bold Values!" publication due to come out May 2018.
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September 9th, 2014
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Comments (23)
Joe Pratt
Outstanding..I think one of you best! FV
Jean Cormier replied:
Thank you Joe, one of my fave paintings of all time and it appeared in AcrylicWorks Bold Balues pulication in 2018, so was happy about that! jean
Madalena Lobao-Tello
Congratulations!! Your artwork is my today feature and favorite on Women Painters group. Shared on our WP group homepage as well as in the Favorites of the day discussion thread and also in our Facebook group.
Mary Lee Dereske
Congratulations on your win in the "Art from Juried Shows" contest. You've done a wonderful job of catching emotion in the eyes of this portrait. Grand piece of work!
Inge Riis McDonald
Amazing portrait Jean. Congratulations on your second place in the Art from Jurried Shows contest. Well deserved:)
Jean Cormier replied:
Thank you so much Inge! It is an honor! This one has a couple of awards at different shows even though it was a personal type of piece!
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your creative and unique art work is FEATURED in the "Out Of The Ordinary 1 A Day" group! 10/10/16
Sandra Phryce-Jones
the quality you have capture and executed in the portrait is so appealing Jean LF
Michael Durst
This is a fantastic portrait...so beautifully done and you have captured his inner essence. Congratulations.
Christel Roelandt
I just voted for this portrait in the "People" contest, Jean! It`s a great, great work! Best wishes for a happy weekend, Christel. L&F&T&G+
Jean Cormier replied:
Thank you for commenting on this one! It is a favorite of my husband's as I used some of his features for inspiration! jean
Sandy McIntire
Excellent in so many ways - colors, texture, detail . . . Bravo!
Jean Cormier replied:
Wow, thank you Sandy, this ended up in my husband's office as one of his favorites-it resembles him a tad too!
Mike Breau
Excellent portrait painting Jean-love the textures and composition/L/V
Jean Cormier replied:
Thank you so much, Mike! This one just finished third place in a juried show near Orlando FL, so I was vey happy about that! jean