Carter and His Father Portrait Commission

A portrait created for a curator and Edward Hopper scholar after a two-week stay at his home in Austin. The inset shows a photograph of his father as a young man in uniform. The painting carries the quiet ache of a relationship that never fully was — and a gentle whisper that perhaps it’s never too late to feel connection.

Some portraits hold more than likeness — they carry memory, longing, and possibility. If you’d like to explore a commissioned portrait with personal meaning, let’s begin a conversation.