Lovely. An image could also be price a thousand phrases, however “stunning” is the easiest way to explain the work unveiled to households for the primary time on the not too long ago opened Portrait of a Soul exhibition.
Portrait of a Soul is a venture commissioned by philanthropists Lee and Sue Schaefer to assist increase confidence and shallowness for kids with craniofacial anomalies. The Schaefer household labored with clinicians and workers within the Division of Plastic Surgical procedure and Craniofacial Middle in deciding on 12 Cincinnati Youngsters’s sufferers to have their portraits painted by elite portrait artists.
These sufferers’ stunning smiling faces now adorn the partitions of Cincinnati’s Eisele Gallery of Tremendous Artwork. The exhibition is on show to the general public by means of Friday, July 3. Portraits can be given to the kids and their households on the conclusion of the exhibition.
Every portrait was painted by a unique artist to inform a singular story about its topic. We obtained to listen to a number of of those tales in the course of the June unveiling ceremony:
- Ashleigh, whose portrait is pictured above (far left), was painted by artist Carl Samson. At age 21, she is without doubt one of the oldest sufferers to take part within the venture. Learn Ashleigh’s Cleft Story and a reflection on her experiences at Cincinnati Youngsters’s on our weblog.
- Twin brothers Grayson and Gaelen have been painted collectively in a single portrait. Artist Jim Effler introduced that the portrait is specifically framed in order that it may be cut up in two for when the boys develop into adults. That manner, he mentioned, there’ll be no combating over who will get to maintain the portray.
- Kenton and native artist Richard Luschek shared an particularly significant connection. Richard was born with a cleft lip and equally handled at Cincinnati Youngsters’s. Upon asking Kenton, who’s deaf, what he’d prefer to say in his portray, Kenton responded with the signal for “I really like you.” Learn extra about their bond on Richard Luschek’s weblog.
To view all 11 portraits and extra photographs from the revealing ceremony, go to Portrait of a Soul on Fb.