Winifred's Portrait & Fine Art Gallery

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My Latest Blog Posts

From My Garden

July 20, 2024

Roses from My Garden, Oil Painting by Winifred Whitfield Most often, but not always, I…

Breathing Room

July 12, 2024

Orchids in Red Vase 11×14 Oil Painting by Winifred Whitfield I’ve long wanted to paint…

Roses in Green Vase

July 6, 2024

Pink Roses in Green Vase 12×12 Oil Painting by Winifred Whitfield Hope you had a…

Roses in Small Brass Container

June 28, 2024

Roses in Small Brass Container – Oil Painting by Winifred Whitfield Since last I saw…

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:

Roses from My Garden, Oil Painting by Winifred Whitfield

Most often, but not always, I paint artificial flowers. This time, however, I went to my tiny garden and cut from my shrub rose bush I’ve had for 4 years. I don ‘t typically cut nor paint fresh flowers. I prefer to leave growing flowers in place. Most likely, they wouldn’t last long enough anyway. Even when I had a huge garden, it was the same. This rose is not such a great one. II’ve had great roses of many varieties but they can grow to be really huge and I have no room for that. My shrub roses are OK, if not great for painting. They don’t have long stems, only weak thorny stems. I cut a few, then wondered how to contain them. I wanted to use my brass cup which has the large opening of a cup. That wouldn’t work – until a smaller container I could insert could be found. It worked. I took photos and used the photos and fresh roses to work from. The already prepped and textured panel was perfect for this effort. This panel was 3 years old just waiting to be chosen. I was ready to go. Above is the painting. II like it. I has a vintage look, helped along by the texture of the panel. I particularly love the green of the foliage – shiny and bright. It makes me think it is a live plant.

Hope your week was good. Winifred