MEMORIAL PORTRAITS
Your photos
are enough.
Whatever you have: a cell phone snapshot, a blurry old print, a screenshot from a video. I can work with it. Your pet deserves to be on your walls.
THE QUESTION EVERYONE ASKS
"Are my photos
good enough?"
Almost always, yes. As a fine art photographer, digital artist, and BFA-trained painter, I have the skills to work with photographs that most people would assume were unusable. Today's technology is remarkable, and what matters most is knowing how to use it with an artist's eye and a genuine love for the subject.
I've created meaningful, heirloom-quality artwork from:
Cell phone snapshots
Blurry or out-of-focus images
Old printed photographs
Screenshots from videos
Scanned slides or negatives
Low-resolution digital files
Share what you have. I'll tell you honestly what's possible. You may be surprised.
HOW IT WORKS
Three steps to something lasting.
Share your photos
Send whatever you have: phone photos, old prints, scans. We'll talk through what's possible and design the portrait together.
I
Judy creates
Using photography, digital artistry, and hand-applied acrylic brushwork, your portrait is crafted as a one-of-a-kind canvas piece.
II
Delivered to your home
Your finished portrait is hand-delivered and professionally installed, or shipped with care to wherever home is.
III
THE WORK
What a photograph becomes
in the right hands.
Portraits created from client-provided photographs, including cell phone images.
MY WHY
I almost lost the photo
I needed most.
I've done this for myself. I know exactly what it means.
In 2023, I created a painted portrait of my husband Stan and our dog Murphy on the beach at Martha's Vineyard — racing ahead of a hurricane to get the shot I'd almost missed the year before. Murphy passed away four months later at 15.
On the hardest days, seeing it brings him back. That's the only reason I need to do this work, and why I want it for every person who has loved an animal the way I loved Murphy.
The memory doesn't have to stay locked in your phone.
Share whatever you have. A conversation costs nothing, and you may be surprised by what's possible.