116 comments, 130 votes Average Rating 5 stars

Join to vote for this picture. « Previous Next »

Suzan

acrylic on canvas

Tags

acrylic portraiture

Comments hide comments

Daniela Isache

A very expressive portrait!

over 1 year ago

Chris O'Hoski

She looks as if she's breathing.. so incredibly life-like.. your work is beyond stunning..

over 1 year

Aldehy

Très beau portrait et très beau visage !

over 1 year

Paula Kerr

I hadn't seen this one Graeme, it is absolutely gorgeous. Breathtakingly beautiful. Paula XXX

over 1 year

Gabriela Caranfil

Amaysing portret, very well done!!!:-))))

over 1 year

David H Miller

beautiful portrait, captivating.

over 1 year

Karen Burville

Graeme, her skin tone is amazing, such skill,so elogant, waiting with dignity... she reminds me of someone x

over 1 year

graeme wilkinson

Yes Karen, her name is Suzan Erens, she is a well known soprano and lives in Limburg. She was singing with Andre Rieu for many years.

over 1 year

Gerard.J. Kramer

Beautiful colours,Graeme.Beautiful portrait.

over 1 year

Ray Grillo

thanks graeme. Your portraits are just great too! All of them, but this got so much expression

over 1 year

Paul Sellmann

Graeme this is a masterpiece, I have not seen it here before, the skin tone, the hair, the light and the background it's all wonderful. Such talent, I love your work.

11 months

Carma Jewell

absolutely beautiful Graeme...love your work

11 months

Madeleine Prochazka

Beautiful portrait! I admire your talent for producing such smooth looking skin, such detailed jewelry, and even the hint of lace on the dress! How does one acquire this skill?

11 months

graeme wilkinson

As an exercise back in 1996 we were asked to choose a bird or an animal and paint it 100 times...when you get to number 50 you are seeing things in that bird photo that you never saw before...by number 75 you even know what it had for breakfast...by 100 you are talking to it!

11 months

Madeleine Prochazka

Thanks for the chuckle! :-) but I see what you mean...

11 months

Rene Ury

Brilliant work - so life-like and I adore every detail!

11 months

Pam Palmer

Very beautiful portrait, and very expressive.

11 months

Patricia Heart

5* and agree with the patch pocket sketcher above.

11 months

Ankica

Awesome portrait! I love her beautiful face and the details! Greetings!5****

11 months

Alexandra G

Suzane is beautiful...I love the detail in the dress, necklass and earrings well done my friend XX

11 months

Denise Pryor

what a beautiful portrait. I love the work in the jewellery & her hair

11 months

Dawn McGuire

Stunning portrait.. I love her beautiful face and all the fine details 5****: )

11 months

Isaura

Beautiful and beautifully painted, my friend Graeme. Love it. Who is this lovely lady?. Keep well. Isaura

11 months

graeme wilkinson

Isaura my special friend, nice to hear from you again...i just love music and Suzan is my favorite soprano. She was singing with Andre Rieu but now is working solo and is soon to bring out a CD. Her name is Suzan Erens

11 months

Sinisa

Love your style .Excellent detail, seems alive...just great done !

11 months

Russ Ingram

very nice...great skin tones

11 months

Debra Trafton

Stunning!

11 months

Stacy Shreve

Very elegant! I hope she really love it! S.L. Shreve

11 months

jeff vanvoorhees

How do you get those skin tones? What colors and brands of paint do you use

11 months

graeme wilkinson

hi Jeff, i use Atelier: yellow ochre, cad red, burnt sienna and white...for shadows i add cobalt and for the very light tones i mix cad yellow, cad red with plenty of white...hope that works for you!

11 months

Scott Walden

awesome so realistic 5*

11 months

Michele Geller

Graeme, Wow, this is absolutely perfect! I love how you captured the elegance in Susan (especially in her eyes)! 5*s!!!!!

11 months

shhightower

A very lovely portrait Graeme, Great skin tones and the jewelry is done perfectly. Beautiful work!

11 months

Micheal Giddens

So serene and beautiful. 5 ***** Mike

11 months

Scott Adami

great job graeme
another wonderful lady done with professionalism and heart
5!!!!!!fabulous

11 months

Michael

That is very impressive woman, I like her from the first moment I have notice her, good work Graemie, keep it up !
Respect,M.

11 months

graeme wilkinson

Michael, of course she's a very impressive woman, she's Dutch and you should hear her sing !!!
Her name is Suzan Erens.

11 months

nigel mc clements

love the painting beautifully painted!!!

11 months

Joe Hush

Graeme, what a stunning painting, beautiful lady with the most beautiful eyes. So very well done. 5***** Joe

11 months

Paul j Horton

beautiful work graeme, great skin tones, ;0) cheers, Paul

11 months

Maggie Henderson

This is quite lovely Suzan. I had to look at it twice and read your caption to see what you'd created it with. it looks like it's been done with chalk pastels. How lovely. Do you use acrylics fairly dry to achieve this?

11 months

graeme wilkinson

Hi Maggie, the initial work is done fairly wet and left to dry and the final blending is a much drier application. A lot of soft feathering again fairly wet at the very end ties it all in. Hope that helps

11 months

Kerry Wembridge/Ziernicki

Your skin tones are wonderfull, a very elegant picture so splendidly painted worth more than 5 stars. :)

11 months

Zivka Koceva Karadjovska

Your paintings are so grand! All so clean and sharp looking outstanding! 5*****
Rega5ds!

11 months

Robin Forsyth

Great portrait, nice dark skin tones that really help the necklace and ear rings sparkle.

11 months

Eric

Beautiful painting, great color, expression and energy!

11 months

Siobhan Knox

what a beautiful piece of work Graeme. i love your portraits and your Aussie landscapes! make me want to visit again. you are a very versatile artist... 5*****

11 months

Nika Gabunia

Very beautiful portrait.

11 months

Robert Doesburg

Very good portrait. I must have seen her on stage , but cannot remember her :-) I love the way you painted her hair.
Regards , Robert

11 months

arduinna

wonderful! I like very much!

11 months

Karen Stidham

I love the overall softness of the picture and the sharpness of the face - you draw the viewer right to the face that way kind of like an unintentional perspective

11 months

Chrisann

She is beautiful and the way you painted this is beautiful to! wow!!! 5* :)chrisann

11 months

Anthony William Cragg

I like this a lot, I love the detail, I only work with pencil but this is wonderful, I'm new to this, what would a print sell for

11 months

graeme wilkinson

Thankyou Anthony, a painting of this nature would have limited appeal so you would not go to the expense of producing prints. As a one off it would sell for 350 Euro. Hope this helps and good luck with your art...regards graeme

11 months

Daisy Dantas

Beautiful, congratulations! I love portraits! :)

11 months

Haiku

A beautiful study, done with great feeling for Suzan. Amazing acrylic technique.

11 months

esther

stunning portrait!the background!!!!!!the necklace!!!!!!and
the face expression!!amazing!

11 months

Peggy J. Wiggs

Excellent!!! is all I can say!!!!

11 months

Priscilla M Norris

Stunning portrait Graeme, a very elegant lady, beautifully done! 5******

11 months

Anja

what a wonderful portrait, the eyes are very expressive!

11 months

Raymond Wunna

beautifull portriat, very emotional facial expression.5x5 stars!!!!!

11 months

chuck collins

Nice touch,gourgeous peace of Art,5 stars and I love thats why I love being and Portrait art,peaces like this one,great job.

11 months

daniel perkowski

beautiful portrait Graeme,great colors and texture 5*

11 months

Justin Mann

excellent job

11 months

nigel mc clements

love this painting so realistic, great painting.

11 months

Stella Hope

Beautiful expression and realistic in every way. Love it.

11 months

JaimeRenee'

wonderful portrait!!

11 months

MuralMan

A real beauty... and the painting is perdy darn good too! ^5's

11 months

Sue Kyte

Incredibly good, and so 'alive'. You can almost see her moving, it is so good! ***** :-)

11 months

Lynn Walker

Lovely ... very sensitive and alive!!

11 months

Beautiful piece...she looks so alive! Your attention to detail is what really sets this painting apart 5*!

11 months

Jane Rohe Weston

She is very natural looking. I am having difficulty w/skin tones. What colors do you use, please. Jane

11 months

graeme wilkinson

Jane, have replied in the wrong place, sorry, please see under your comment...graeme

11 months

graeme wilkinson

Jane, thankyou for stopping by...i use yellow ochre, cad red and white initially, add a little cobalt for shadow areas, then mix cad yellow, cad red with plenty of white for the lighter tones. You can vary these combinations for darker or lighter applications. good luck...regards graeme.
sometimes i add a little burnt sienna for rosy cheeks

11 months

Wayne D. Vander Jagt

Extraordinary work Graeme!

11 months

Sue Miller

beautiful

10 months

Kelij66

This is flawless-Love the hair and -wow-the jewels!! 5* !!!

10 months

Tracey-anne Pryke

wow!

10 months

Alla

The portrait is absolutely gorgeous, no doubt. It is very feminine and emotional.
The only thing I would do if I painted it is to darken a bit the background to prevent it from competing with lit face and shoulders. Overall impression is great.

10 months

graeme wilkinson

Good point Alla! thankyou, i do appreciate criticism, because in helps me become a better artist and i do really want to become good at portraiture...many thanks, graeme

10 months

Craig Cantrell

This is really a fantastic piece, love the colors an tones.

10 months

Jason C Hansen

Awsome work! Love it!

10 months

Ray Richardson

Love it Graeme, I feel that I want to speak to her, works very well, Thanks for sharing......Ray

10 months

Sherry Weisel

Gorgeous work, i love your softness and jewelry work.

10 months

Nata Dobrovolska

It's great portrait, Graeme!*****

10 months

william lambert

its fabulous!

10 months

Nick Grieve

Brilliant Graeme-I wish I could do portraits but I think I will stick to animals and landscapes! Lol!

10 months

graeme wilkinson

Nick, if you have a passion you can paint anything.Your animals are brilliant so you must be able to paint portraits...have a try!!!

10 months

John Houseman

Do you have her phone number?

10 months

graeme wilkinson

She's a brilliant "Dutch" Soprano and was singing with Andre Rieu...just recently married and is bringing out her own CD soon. Her name is Suzan Erens,listen to her sing you'll be blown away by the quality of her voice(even more surprising is she is a smoker)

10 months

Mandy Hopkins

wonderful. i love it. very telling.

10 months

Louise Greyling

This is an awesome painting! Well done!

10 months

Arron Kirkwood

Excellent color and composure. Affect of the gaze is tremendous.

10 months

Oldivad

awesome and stunning portrait. Beautiful and so life like

10 months

Renee Marks

I love the detail and you really captured the emotion.

10 months

Turyza

Such expression! ..and you captured it ALL. A 100* to you.

10 months

alan webb

Perfection in all departments.

10 months

Svetlana Bryukhanova

Really nice.5++++++

10 months

Aileen McLeod

I love her look of serenity and the beautiful skin tones. A very lifelike painting.

10 months

Jan Harris-Arduini

Very nice. Your colors are so soft.

10 months

Hoche

wow, marvelous, 10*, Hoche

10 months

Pegeen

Beautiful, so realistic!

10 months

Paul j Horton

Hi Graeme, congratulations, well worthy of the no.1 upload in September 2008 ;0) cheers, Paul

10 months

jobas

extraordinary work very detailed vivid and vital.Be good.

10 months

eman

very nice, i love the colours and the whole execution of the painting

9 months

Cheryl Hansen

So beautiful and real.

9 months

Cheryl Winkler

I'm speechless, what a wonderful artist you are, today is my first day visiting this site/joining and from what I am seeing I'm thinking I'm in the wrong place, this is soooo very very professional! I have always admired artists that could paint portraits, this you have mastered!
Sincerely
Cheryl

9 months

Sonya Ljubicic

She's absolutely sunning Graeme!

9 months

mandy thomas

soft and beautiful

9 months

manuel couto

lovely painting. congratulations for the work

9 months

bobby cockcroft

very beutifull

9 months

Ferriswheelart

what a magnificent portrait. Love the warm golden background lighting up parts of her skin - her expression - would you mind popping across the ocean and spending time teaching me how I can achieve this?

8 months

graeme wilkinson

You don't need lessons...you just keep painting and trying different things until you get it right...but i will come anyway!!! such a beautiful country.

8 months

Ferriswheelart

thanks Graeme - I have been told this same thing before.... I was hoping more for some divine guidance from afar but think it's just gonna take some work on my part!

8 months

Richie Mosley

I love how smooth the skin is in this portrait. Nice work!

7 months

nell

I feel that she is suffering in some way!!! beautiful emotion and very emotive colour as well.

1 month

Add your comment hide comments formatting help

What you type	What you will see
`''your in italics''`	your in italics
`'''your in bold'''`	your in bold

Please sign in to leave a comment.

Previous Next Top

This picture is a member of these groups and sets

	Portraits -The human element 1745 pictures, 399 members regular · thumbnails · slideshow

	Highest rated pictures uploaded in September 2008 40 pictures regular · thumbnails · slideshow

Related by tags

My Molly Adriana Braid 21 s 22 comments	Youth Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS ) 9 s 20 comments
Frozen Head Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS ) 13 s 27 comments	Mischievous Inke Gilberte Vermeulen 2 s

Artist Statement
for graeme wilkinson

Australia

i paint because i enjoy it i don't do it for a living but i have sold many. my goal is to paint with freedom from constraits and prejudice.

Recent Group Activity

Jeremy L Johnson	was added to the group Nudes
Lanita Reitsma	was added to the group Pictures that tell a story
Soman Patnaik	was added to the group For the love of horses

Artists Online Now

Robert Doesburg	Oldivad
barbara leavitt	Ondina
iain carstairs	sidorov valery
linda keevers	Glenn Daniels
Carbon6	Vera Ann Bean
Gabriela Dinca	Stephanie
Amber	Nilanjan
REA

This Day Last Year

1932 stutz bearcat

John Houseman

Iris Howard

Chuck Larivey

Tracey van Lent	Gerard Felderhof
Anne Marie Spears	della dykes
Patricia Kness	Janice Tschirn
Kati Sykes	Alexandra
Mario Villareal	Regina Radtke
Linda Thompson	jian sheng shi