Thursday 12 May 2011

I've been dying to show this off!

My newest "if-the-house-were-burning-down-I'd-save-this-first" possession! Isn't this portrait of my son amazing?

I've known the artist, Andy Bartos, through etsy for a while. I already knew that (as well as being a complete sweetheart) Andy was tremendously talented . I've long admired his work on etsy, and was lucky enough to own one of his prints and some notecards already. 

But when I opened this - well, it brought tears to my eyes! The level of detail and the likeness are just stunning. This is the original photo I sent if you want to judge for yourself -
You can see more of Andy's work in his etsy shop and he also has his own website.

9 comments:

  1. Wonderful! How old is your son? My 17 year old daughter just told me she wants to move to England and work on a dairy farm...lol After seeing this pic...she might make it happen!

    have a good one ang~

    bunny

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  2. Oh my goodness I thought the portrait was actually a black and white photo.

    That is amazing.

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  3. oh wow!! i thought that was a photo manipulation! Andy's a genius!!

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  4. Holy cow...what a magical portrait! Your son is beautiful! Those eyes~WOW!!!
    Happy weekend Angie♥♥♥

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  5. Wonderful Angie! You will always treasure this

    xx

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  6. The likeness is amazing! And what a handsome guy!

    xo
    Maggie

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  7. Aw thanks ladies - yes, definitely something I treasure (both him and the portrait lol!)!

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  8. like i said before ... i thought it was some photo manipulation you did on one of your son's photographs! the artist is brilliant!!

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  9. I know Luthien, he's amazing!!

    I don't know what happened to the previous comments on this post - Blogger's been playing up I think and they seem to have disappeared! :(

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