House Portrait Commissions

This house portrait of the Messana Residence in summer was Elena Roché's fifth commissioned house portrait.  This house portrait was executed in a plein air style oil on canvas.  This house portrait presented a special challenge to obtain interesting light and a view of the house because it was often in shadows from the numerous surrounding tall trees.  In fact, Elena had to eliminate a palm tree that stood almost directly in the line of view of the house.  This house was an award winner for the front yard landscaping, so the direct, head-on view, was chosen to feature the plantings.

Her first house portrait commission, a soft, dreamy graphite and charcoal rendering, may be seen here and her second, a cheerful colored pencil cottage here.  The third was a more precise graphite and charcoal.  The fourth was executed in graphite and charcoal pencil on museum board.

If you have succeeded in making a home of your house; if you have reached that point to where it's now the "home place", then perhaps it's time to immortalize the moment for generations to come and commission a house portrait.

Best viewed four to five feet from the screen.

Oil on Canvas
2006
11"x14"
28x35.5cm

This is an example of a House Portrait Commission in Oil.

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