Winifred's Portrait & Fine Art Gallery

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My Latest Blog Posts

Angel Curls

September 28, 2024

Angel Curls 9×12 Oil Painting by Winifred Whitfield She’s my neighbor and for the past…

Cinnamon Curls

September 20, 2024

I took a break from painting portraits the past few weeks to paint still lifes….

Making New Stuff

September 14, 2024

I’m going to explain what I’ve been doing. It’s been fun. I can’t use solvents…

Heirloom Tomatoes

September 1, 2024

Three Heirloom Tomatoes Oil Painting by Winifred Whitfield This is the second time I’ve painted…

My Biography

Hi, my name is Winifred.

I am commissioned to provide the following services: Portraits, in oil and digitally painted, and find art paintings.

I have closed my online STORE where I sold digital tutorials and online workshops. Essentially, I no longer teach digital art. I focus exclusively on oil painting, and I continue to create digitally enhanced portraits and other digital products for clients.

My passion is creating fine art and heirloom portraits – portraits intended to pass from generation to generation. These portraits possess a high level of emotional content and beauty. More than seeing an image, I want you to feel it. I want it to convey a story about you. Such are the images which remain with us. Such are the images we feel connected to.

Oil Paintings

With the guidance of friends a “home gallery” was created. It’s pretty fun to live in a gallery. Eighty six paintings are currently on my walls and growing! Take a look – click here:

My days are filled with oil painting, primarily portraits and still life paintings. Click Here to access my Blog, and scroll through to see examples of my still life and portrait paintings. I have created many commissioned portraits and a variety of still lifes.

Examples of Oil Portraits by Winifred Whitfield

EDUCATION

Master’s Degree in Urban and Region Planning – University of Southern California.
Master’s Degree in Social Work – University of Southern California.

PHOTOGRAPHY CERTIFICATIONS – Wedding and Portrait Photographers International

Accolade of Photographic Mastery
Accolade of Outstanding Photographic Achievement
Accolade of Exceptional Photographic Achievement
Accolade of Lifetime Photographic Excellence (the Highest level granted by WPPI)

Workshops and Speaking Engagements

Winifred has conducted workshops in Canada, New York, London, England, Las Vegas, Nevada, New Jersey, Illinois, Seattle

Awards

Perfect Print Award ~ Northeast Photography Convention
Kodak Gallery Award

Print Judging

Print Competition Judging at international competition multiple years at WPPI and in and Great Britain

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Related Images:

Angel Curls 9×12 Oil Painting by Winifred Whitfield

She’s my neighbor and for the past two years, since she was 4 years old, we’ve explored crayon, watercolor, colored pencils, pastels, paper cut outs, and now her latest fascination – clay. Initially, I thought I would “teach” her but I quickly found out I had no idea how to do that. Instead we just play – mostly I watch her. She’s pretty happy if I just give her 100% percent of my attention during our half hour or max hour together once or. twice per week. I’ve seen so much progress. She is totally focused on the activity of the day and happy to take the day’s activity home with her.

She has learned that I don’t like to do smiling photos and she has no problem with this. Normally her hair is in braids or one or two pony tails, hence and on the day she arrived with her hair down in curls I decided to photograph her. I could complain about some of the colors as they shifted in the photograph of the painting – but what’s the point.

Today, I began cutting back my strawberry plants and adding the foliage to my compost pile. I say I’m tired of gardening but yesterday I found myself buying large bags of container soil to transplant my many kale plants in another week or so. Cabbage worms decimated my many kale plants a couple years ago. It was so depressing I haven’t tried since. This fall I will. Have a wonderful remainder of your weekend. Winifred