Studio Notes
The Edge of Fine Art
This isn’t a conventional portrait.
It leans toward still life, toward fine art — a step away from the expected.
It leans toward still life, toward fine art — a step away from the expected.
The fabric framed the face, softening the edges and turning expression into form. Studio light sculpted the gaze, while the tulle shifted the portrait away from a simple likeness into something more layered.
This is the place where portraiture begins to blur into fine art. Not wild, not theatrical — but an opening for clients who want to explore subtle, creative possibilities outside the standard pose.
Portraiture doesn’t always need to follow convention. Sometimes, it works best when it leans toward form, toward art — where expression becomes texture, and the subject becomes more than a likeness.
That’s the edge I want to explore: still recognizably a portrait, but carrying the quiet weight of fine art.
-Heather