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Bonnie by Rick Levy

Bonnie

This is actually one of the first portraits I did. and after 3 or 4 stabs at it I stopped and love her to this day. My daughter that is!
Beautiful little girl. Such lovely eyes...
1 month ago
Thanks AKL! Good painting vibes I end to you for 2010.
1 month
Grazie caro mio;)
1 month
This is really stunning. Excellent face expression. I love the elegance of your brush strokes and palette that add to the face expression a really dreamy , gentle and loving looking .
1 month
Your piece is also lovely and I like yhe complexity, ambiguities.
1 month
thank you very much indeed!Regards, Jolign
1 month
You have a lovely daughter Rick.
Green eyes? and brown hair, i love the combination.
Beautiful skin tones.
Wonderful hands.
Like here facial expression.
Well done.
Greetings, Robert
1 month
Absolutely beautiful!
1 month
beautiful, beautiful little girl and beautiful portrait Rick. Love her eyes, they are so alive. Wonderful colours and brush strokes. 5 stars thousands of times. What a beautiful daughter you have. Pam:)
1 month
Lovely daughter and lovely pose, you have painted there an beautiful portrait of here..
1 month
beautiful portrait and lovely skin tones. love the pose and facial expression. 5*****
1 month
5* painting of your beautifull daughter. Your colour use and brush strokes always create a mood by itself.
1 month
Bonnie is gorgeous Rick, how are you? I wish you a magnificent 2010
1 month
and the best to you and your gifted ways, happy 2010 to you too
1 month
absolutly great portrait ,,, congratulations!
1 month
That one tugs at the heart strings. I love it.
1 month
Great!The beautiful and natural expression on her sweet face!Very well done Rick!All the best,Roger!
1 month
Thanks Schmidt Roger,

I have been keeping my eye on your work for some time and you are certainly a painter who consistently impresses and inspires me. Believe me it obviously has nothing to do with how often I write and crit. your work. You are serious and hard working and inspiring.
1 month
A very beautiful Daughter Rick, a loveLY tribute, love the skin tones and her expression, masterfully done my friend. 5*****
1 month
Rick~ Beautiful! She is such a beautiful young girl and I adore her expression and all you did with this.. You truly captured realism with this!!! Wow I wish I could paint portraits like you do... so keep going as I can't wait to see another portrait from you... a fan of your style and work! :)
may I ask what medium did you use?
1 month
But of course. and thanks by the way. I use oil paint on stretched canvas and when I deserve it or can afford it by selling some work I would love to try some different textured linen, board etc. I love all of the technical stuff also like mediums, and I would like to pain t more from real life as opposed to painting from photos. Plein aire
also sounds fascinating, life drawing etc and getting to talk to people like yourself,
1 month
Rick this is utterly gorgeous. It is the first painting of yours that I have felt emotion from. I think your heart went into this one. xxx Paula 5*
1 month
sorry to hear that
1 month
Wasn't meant to be an insult Rick. You have terrific artistic skills. I merely meant that it was the first time your work for me, as a viewer, was emotive. It is simply lovely. xxx Paula
1 month
Hello my friend! This is the first painting of yours! Wow!
I'm also starting painting using as a model my daughter! In this work you did amazing work. I love the pose and the way the girl look at you (us). Is wonderful. Your style is so characteristic. Your limited palette at your hands gives excellent results. You're inspiration for me... Thanks for sharing.
Kostas
1 month
aw you are just trying to soften me up
1 month
Great work.
1 month
your beautiful beautiful daughter, then and now. what a great portrait that shows all of your love for her and all the sweetness in her heart. fantastic my dear friend.
1 month
Excellnt work Rick her eyes are beautiful! Nice skin tones great pose. You have captured her beauty and innocence.
1 month
Beautiful portrait well done !!!
1 month
beautiful young girl beautiful painting and 5 beautiful stars
regards james
1 month
Beautiful portrait! Aliki
1 month
Beautiful! soft and dreamy!
1 month
Beautiful, for your first try. I love the softness of it...lovely work! :D
1 month
Gorgeous!Your daughter is so beautiful,sweet girl. 5*****
All the best!
1 month
such a beauty and such a great Rick masterpiece! Love your greyish palette, so painterly and handsome (let me hear something personal from you, man!)
1 month
Excellent! I love it!
1 month
Very captivating confident eyes. I love this portrait.
Grace Morai
1 month
Hello Rick its been a while! I hope you are well and still painting......she is beautiful...you have caught that wonderful serenity of childhood...xxxx
1 month
Most beautiful!
1 month
Hi Rick - a very beautiful portrait indeed, There is such softness and gorgeous expression. 5 *****from Mike
1 month
I love this precious portrait of your beautiful daughter - such wise and pretty eyes and smile, and a lovely, relaxed pose. Congrats, Rick!
1 month
thank you rene to take the time to write me, especially about my precious.
1 month
she has such a beautiful face.You can just see fairy's and butterfies behind those thoughtful eyes
1 month
This is a beautiful portrait of a beautiful girl. You did an amazing job. I enjoyed all of your pictures, but feel this is one of your very best. Be blessed.
1 month
Bonnie is very well portrayed, Rick. Her eyes show her soul. Lovely. My all stars for you and your work. My best regards, Isaura
1 month
Hi, I'm the administrator for the group Expression of Life
, and I'd love you to add this picture to the group.

what a great expression,very beautiful work Rick 5* (accepted)
1 month
So soft and meaningful. Well done!
1 month
Such beautiful girl! I love the expression on her face, wonderful eyes!
1 month
Well done for a first portrait, you did a lovely painting.
1 month
Lovely. Knew that this was your daughter the moment I looked at her. All your love is in there.
1 month
Beautiful daughter and you have captured her beautifully. You can see the love in the painting :) :)
1 month
I think this is GREAT for your first portrait attempt, it's lovely :) You must be pretty good now then ;-)
1 month
Rick this is a beautiful portrate my complements to you
regards Ricky
1 month
"Pearl earings" as you can see their are 10 of about 20 works so far in the group since October (I am standing on the last of the flat shapes as I work). No job so I just started to do portraits and they caught on. Now to get as good as you are here and I may have a winner...!!!!!
1 month
Great. 5*****
1 month
this is a lovely portrait..really well done..you have captured a sublime air about her..
1 month
Lovely portrait well done
1 month
wunderbares bild, ich bin begeistert.gruß dieter reynen
29 days
Gorgeous!
27 days
Beautiful little girl,very well painted.
Best Regards
David
25 days
Love this portrait of your daughter. Silky skin, green full of light eyes, beautifull mouth, fantastic composition and execution. I love it, and by the way, she´s a nice pretty innocent girl. Congratulations a very good work.
23 days
Lovely portrait really like it.
21 days
Receive my honest full vote for your work Rick!
21 days
She is so beautiful, painted with great skill.
She deserves 5*****.Compliments Rick!

Thanks a lot for the kind comment, appreciate it
Best regards, Aneli
17 days
Excellent, I love it, 5 stars! LOL, just kidding, Rick :-P
It really sucks. No, sorry, ok, seriously, I keep looking at this face. What I do love about it is the eyes, skin, and background colors are harmoniously warm, but the eyes stand out, her serene expression, the way you drew her face and hands, her hair, it is all so nice. I like the way the color changes on her hair from cold blue on one side to warm on the other. I can see you put love into this. I can't believe it is one of your first portraits, wise choice to paint someone you love.
17 days
And let me just say it pisses me off that you self-taught artists are better than me! The only thing, if I look at this painting critically, is the picture left hand looks more natural than the picture right hand, it looks a bit like the bones are out of joint, but I wouldn't have noticed it on first glance. It is a very slight thing, and I wouldn't change it. I really like the fingers on the picture right hand, the pink nails are so pretty.
15 days
beautiful portrait rick, you can see you in her eyes!!
17 days
Thanks so much Debbie. I have been trying to capture the essence of a foreshortened for over a month. I have to do something with figures and let my imagination go before I crack. Thanks, now I will go look at your new one.
16 days
let your mind escape from the winter months, id say they affect us all after this year!!!good luck, and dont crack! thats an order lolx
15 days
The look and the pose is so typical, you have captured her expression wonderfully, I love you palette and style here and the detail is spot on, in the right places less is more, a beautiful portrait Rick that is a joy to view, cheers, paul ;0)
16 days
beautiful portrait.myself,i find it harder to paint someone i love.it seems i never can get it right.
14 days
I agree with Celeste. Great composition. Very attention-getting. Great 'capture'.
11 days
Hi bros, i'm back on this picture just for to say that is beautiful, really beautiful. I can stand at front of it and never be tired.
8 days
Beautiful ! Love the expression in Bonnie's eyes and the innocence is superb. Really admire the natural expression in her gaze! A beautiful child, indeed! Her eyes are so soft and the pale green expresses it all, so lovely, a real beauty to behold! If this was your first portrait, then it is excellent work, Rick! I think painting from reality is the best way, but photographs do help us to create a style. It is amazing how the form appears, though ,and a marvelous experience,painting portraits! Well done, 5***** Regards Angela Susan
7 days
Great work Rick 5*****
6 days
Very well done. It is obvious that it was painted with love and passion. Brilliant
5 days
Nice, Rick...
1 day
So radiating portrait.
1 day
Hey Rick. Beautiful portrait. Great colors and I just love her expression.
Best regards..Brian
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