Visual Art Gifts

This portrait is of Gloria, Gerardo and Jonathan’s mom. It is from a photo I took a few months ago. I needed a break after doing the first few portraits.   Although she’s probably in her mid-fifties I think she looks more like 35-40 from my post processing.  I only went through my usual remove sun damage, minimize wrinkles, and touch-up skin routine that I always do. I didn’t apply special effects.   It helps that she was already beautiful to start. I only had to remove the horrible signs of aging and fix the lighting.

Gerardo was happy and surprised when he saw it last night and he gave it his approval. I hope you like her portrait too.

If you would like a photo-portrait for you, a family member, or a friend, please let me know.  If you want it non-exclusive and will buy your print from Imagekind or Redbubble and don’t have any special requests the cost is my normal artwork markup.   If you want exclusive prints of the finished work (I don’t make it available for prints to others), or if you want a high-resolution jpg for making your own prints there will be an additional charge.    I can take your photos here in Mexico City or you can send several high-resolution photos by e-mail.  It would make a great Christmas or birthday gift!

Gloria 1 by Christopher Johnson

Today’s portrait of Gerardo is from a photo I took of him while we were waiting for a ride to a new house party. The background was not very attractive so I wanted to really cover that up. I decided to first experiment with a painterly version and then I made a regular portrait with some of the previous background and then I made the sepia version.

Gerardo Waiting 1

Gerardo Waiting 1 Antiqued

Gerardo Waiting 1 Painterly