by Patricia Sahertian | Oct 19, 2022 | painting, photography
when i paint pictures of absolute strangers, i don’t know if they are gone or just forgotten. this, though, is my family. my two aunts and my father. they are all gone but not...
by Patricia Sahertian | Oct 19, 2022 | painting, photography
so the story goes that my brother got lost at coney island and here is the photo showing him looking for us, late 1950s. i am assuming the shot was taken by my dad, because he was the always the camera person. i have no idea who that man is, could he have been a...
by Patricia Sahertian | Oct 19, 2022 | collaboration, holiday cards, painting
my mother lives in NY, but she was transitioning from her apartment to my sister’s apartment, so she came out to AZ while all the details were done. that took four and a half months. so to entertain my mom and keep my hand in doing some work myself, i took out...
by Patricia Sahertian | Aug 19, 2022 | coloring, genealogy, ipad
using the same style and method of the original family photo paintings, these are more of the same. i did change my style a little by adding some moody backgrounds and a little freer interpretations of the faces. see the...
by Patricia Sahertian | Aug 19, 2022 | coloring, genealogy, painting, photography
breaking away from my two layered style with “fragments” i was totally experimenting with this one. i made 4 layers of color and worked over each after removing the original photo. this is a cherished photo of my grandpa playing with me and my cousin...
