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Painting by BFH

Monday, 25 October 2021, 13:52 BFH Uncategorized 55

A reader sent me a photo of his dad, asking if I would use it to create a painting. When I opened the attachment I knew I had to paint it. I could see it, instantly.

He explained that this photo captured, for personal reasons, a special day. I hope I’ve captured that in this canvas.

I consider this one of my finest works.

This was very rewarding, and I’d like to thank “the client” for the opportunity.

Knowing that this could stay in his family for generations is kind of profound.

55 Comments on Painting by BFH

  7. Looks like my Dad too!
    He loved to fish and hunt. Many days spent with him waiting for the “big one” to bite!
    He always looked happiest while reeling in a big one with the rod tip bent to almost the breaking point.

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  25. Fur, you are indeed a blessing to others with your God-given talent. What a wonderful legacy to leave for your client and their family.

    I’m so glad you posted it!

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  28. This is my Dad, Dave.

    He was a retired ironworker, local 395 (Northwest Indiana). He had been diagnosed with dementia and this was the last time my brother and sister and I had any significant interaction with him. He passed away this year on February 3rd after spending some time in a nursing home. We did a lot of fishing growing up and I kept coming back to this photo feeling impressed that this would make a great painting to memorialize my dad.

    Incredibly pleased with this painting. Thanks Fur!

    Ted Nougat

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  35. Ted Nougat, your story brought tears to my eyes and I am so happy BFH was able to capture that “moment” for you and your sister and brother.
    Thank you for allowing BFH to share this with all of us. Just speaking for myself, it reminds me to constantly cherish those moments.
    Job well done, Fur. This is by far your best work and you had a high bar already!

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  41. Ted Nougat,thank you for sharing this tribute to your father. You were blessed with this fond memory, and this will help to remember how he lived and not the progress to his homegoing. May it be a blessed memory forever.

    And BFH, you are truly an artist, as you seem to handle nature, animal, and human subjects with equal skill and a profound sensitivity to not only your subjects, but to your clients. I have three of your works myself, and you captured a piece of the soul in all three animals despite being provided with terrible photos and things your derfy client wanted changed, but it was all taken in stride by you and translated masterfully onto the canvas. I would link to them, but this is the elder Nougat’s moment. But I have an image of that love forever, and I’m sure the younger Nougat feels the same way.

    Thank you.

    Not sure about doing humans, tho. Not because of you, but because of the humans. I knew my father for 30 odd years and seen photos of him in an Air Force uniform he wore long before I was born, so which stage of life to capture? With hair or without? The young guy hugging an impossibly younger version of my Mom, or the retired fellow days from his final heart attack? Tough to pick if you don’t have a landmark in time such as Ted’s, and that’s with a person who’s passed on! I can’t IMAGINE what would happen if I offered a photo of a LIVING subject like my wife and unveiled it as a surprise, only to hear how she always HATED that picture because she looked “too fat”, or something…

    …anyway, thanks to you both for sharing. The love of Mr. Nougat for his father after his passing and the skill you have in translating it to canvas both can come only from God, so it tells us this truth as well.

    It shows that He is with us still.

    God Bless,
    SNS

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  43. I didn’t see it signature, BFH. I imagine you’re mark makes it that much more of a priceless heirloom.

    Don’t let Janet Yellen see you putting paint to canvas, she’d likely try to tax your future renderings as income today.

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  46. Little Morphin’ Annie
    OCTOBER 25, 2021 AT 1:51 PM
    “Very nice! True to the photo, yet an original in its own right. Thanks for inviting us to the vernissage!”

    Thanks for the new word!

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  51. Ted, that story reminded me of my own mom and what happened to her as well, and Mary Hatch’s dad was a profound salt water fisherman guy, who is no longer with us, so this hit home.

    BFH – to use a baseball term, which you love, you ‘knocked this one out of the park’, bases loaded ma-friend.

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  54. The picture brought a lump to my throat. Knowing how much this picture meant to Ted and what an amazing job BFH did. Great job.

    Say your prayers everyday you are so Blessed to be in that kind of serenity.

    God Bless us all!

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