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Mother by Sam Lee in La Mirada
Mother
Oil on linen. What I was chasing here was her particular smile — not a generic pleasant expression, but the one her children would recognise instantly. The scattered light is painted directly onto the bare linen weave, so the texture of the cloth reads through the colour. 18 x 24 inches.
Availability: Sold
Medium: oil paint
Collection: people
Size: 18in (W) X 24in (H)
Price: $1,500
Meet the Artist
Meet the Artist
La Mirada, United StatesI'm Sam Lee — I paint portraits in oil, watercolor, and charcoal, always from photographs.
What keeps me in portraiture is the light a person carries. I paint it literally: scattered points of color around the subject, laid onto raw linen. Clients tell me the finished piece feels warmer than the photograph it came from.
Children, grandparents, wedding portraits, memorial commissions — across a wide range of ages and skin tones. Based in Los Angeles and Orange County, California.
SHIPPING & PICKUP
Free studio pickup at my La Mirada, CA studio — you're welcome to collect your finished piece in person at no extra cost. Works on paper (watercolor and charcoal portraits) ship anywhere in the United States for a flat $45. Oil paintings on stretched canvas ship within Southern California only (Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego and Santa Barbara) for a flat $55 — canvas on stretcher bars is bulky to crate, so I keep that delivery local for now. Pieces larger than 24 x 30 in are quoted separately.
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