Commissioned by Discovery Museum (Action, Massachusetts) with the ultimate goal of increasing the representation of women and girls in STEM fields and to work with a local artist to expand on photographs of these scientists to create stylized interpretations, through a medium such as paint, digital portraiture, or illustration.

Commissioned by Discovery Museum

  • Ellice Patterson

    She is a MA-based artist, founder/artistic and executive director of Abilities Dance, executive director of BalletRox, and a passionate researcher and science communicator to uplift black women in STEM. She has a Bachelors of Arts in Biological Sciences from Wellesley College.

  • Dr. Suanna Selby Crowley

    She is a geoarchaeology, a scientist that studies both the archaeological and environmental history of ancient peoples by investigating the artifacts, soil layers, and landscapes of the past.

Ralph Friedman

NYPD’s Most Decorated Detective

“All I need are your own photos to work from. I work closely with you using the photos you supply, together with your insights into the subject’s personality and character. Your portrait painting is created using oil paint on canvas, with traditional fine art techniques, in a classical and photorealistic portrait style. As a figurative painter who is also a working illustrator, I have a lot of experience rendering likenesses.”

Commission Portrait Painting Starting Price:

8” x 10” ————- $ 400

12” x 16” ————- $ 900

18” x 24” ————- $ 2,300

Additional figure add 75% of the cost for the first figure. Half price for all veteran portraits.

Portrait Commission

Oil on linen

24” x 18”

Pet Portrait Comission

Oil on linen

18” x 14”

Her work is largely figurative and her style is hyperrealism and photorealism. She paints mostly portraits, animal portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. She uses oil on canvas, oil on linen and oil on steel. Oil paint is a time-tested material that can last hundreds of years when properly cared for. The pigments resist fading and are not as affected by moisture when compared to many media. She has experienced painting from 3 inches by 3 inches to 5 feet by 6 feet.



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