Arianna and Taylor

[Terri Ficenec]

Garth, congratulations! This really does have a universal appeal.

Wondering if there are any thorny issues with a situation like this-- with regards to using the girls' likenesses? (Does your model's release cover a situation like this?) --Just curious.

[Michele Rushworth]

I was once commissioned to paint three copies of a posthumous portrait for a deceased woman's three grown daughters. I painted them all at the same time. Nose, nose, nose, hair, hair, hair..... very strange experience.

I suppose all you'd need to do a duplicate of this painting is a good model's release and probably do the nicety of asking the parents of the girls if it would be alright. They might be very flattered or they might be wary.

Why did the clients who wanted the Higginbotham portrait ask for two?

[Garth Herrick]

Originally Posted by Michele Rushworth

I suppose all you'd need to do a duplicate of this painting is a good model's release and probably do the nicety of asking the parents of the girls if it would be alright. They might be very flattered or they might be wary.

Why did the clients who wanted the Higginbotham portrait ask for two?

Michele,

The two Higginbotham portraits were separate clients. I notified the first, and they were okay with it. The original client in 1999 was the Historical Society of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, and the second client, in 2003 was the Black law Student Association of the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania. A few who were associated with the first portrait were present and cheering at the second portrait's unveiling; including the Chief Judge, whom I am about to paint.

I will follow your advice. Thanks!

Garth

[Michele Rushworth]

Congrats on the Chief Judge commission too -- another feather in your cap!

[Garth Herrick]

Originally Posted by Michele Rushworth

Congrats on the Chief Judge commission too -- another feather in your cap!

Thanks Michele!

I have known the Chief Judge for nearly thirty years, -even before he was appointed to the Federal bench by President Carter. He has always been a patron of the highest caliber. He introduced me to the late Capt. Dent and helped persuade him for me to sculpt the fabled Leonardo da Vinci's Horse back in 1986, and he was also primarily responsible for my original Judge Higginbotham commission. I really owe him for all his support and initiative!

Garth

[Garth Herrick]

Thanks Terri,

That is a fair question. With diplomacy, I shall ask the parents if they have any qualms about this prospect. I could also take some licence with the likenesses, if that would help.

Garth