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Petit Fleurs

About Petit Fleurs
I have a fascination with vintage portraits, and for a long time I used them as my models for my mixed media paintings. These were my "little flowers" (Petit Fleurs sounds so much better), and it gave me a chance to play with where I wanted my art painting style to land: more realistic or more stylistic? I still tend to move up and down the spectrum between these two polarities!
 I LOOOOVE painting these, so if you are interested, you can commission your own mini portrait of your ancestor or current family member. Or if you don't like your family, I can provide you with a custom ancestor... or maybe a portrait of you? Take your selfies up a notch. More info HERE

 Era Portraits 

Is there an era in time that has always fascinated you? Do you wonder if you perhaps were born in the wrong time, and wonder what it would be like to dress in a different style and live in a different world? For me it's the turn of the previous century, between WWI and WWII. I thought it would be fun to paint some friends in their fave eras.
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Amy as "60's Pop Art" copyright Karin Bolstad 2016
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Ashley as "Shield Maiden" copyright Karin Bolstad 2016
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Kristen as "20's Circus Performer" copyright Karin Bolstad 2016
copyright Karin Bolstad 2015