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Mr. Yoon by Sam Lee in La Mirada
Mr. Yoon
Oil on linen. Hands are where a portrait is won or lost — they carry as much age and character as the face does, and most photographs flatten them completely. This one took an extra week and was worth every hour of it. 18 x 24 inches.
Size: 18in (W) X 24in (H)
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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