Webcast Series: Gordon Wetmore Live - Registration
Register now to join Portrait Society of America chairman Gordon Wetmore (http://gordonwetmore.com) for the second in our webcast series. Get insight into the PSoA International Competition, talk about landing VIP commissions, learn how to manage a successful portrait career, and watch Gordon do a portrait demonstration. Gordon will be broadcasting a LIVE 2-hour private webcast from his studio in Chattanooga, TN. Presented by http://ArtStudioSecrets.com. May 19, 2010, 6pm EST, only $10. Register now.
- Sign up via this page.
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- Please submit 1-2 questions before the webcast that you would like answered. There will be chat available, but pre-submitted questions will have priority.
- On the day of the show, you’ll receive an email with the login URL and password. Only registered guests will be able to view the webcast and chat.
About Gordon Wetmore:
Gordon Wetmore’s painting assignments have taken him all over the world during the last three and a half decades. With his family, he has lived and worked in Ireland, France, England, and other countries.
Wetmore has created over 700 portraits of many distinguished and well-known subjects including: President Richard M. Nixon, Jack Nicklaus, Fred Couples, Dr. and Mrs. Norman Vincent Peale, Leon Uris, Princess Grace, Prince Rainier and Prince Albert of Monaco. Private commissions include: Ford, Wrigley, Hewlett, Bechtel, Post, Searle, Brock, Perkin, Baker, Duke, Gannett, The Lord Inchiquin in Ireland, and The Lord and Lady Tollemache of England.
His paintings are in the collections of: The White House The Royal Palace of Monaco The Knessett in Jerusalem Harvard University Duke University Emory University Northwestern Universities University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina The University of Texas, Houston, Texas Hunter Museum of American Art Presbyterian Hospital, New York Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical Center Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri The Buckley School St. Georges School St. Marks School The McCallie School The Boston Company The Southern Company Georgia Power Company Hardee’s, Inc. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. and others.
Wetmore earned a degree in art and continued his studies at the Art Students League in New York. He is a member of the Artist’s Fellowship of New York and the Oil Painters of America and is a member of the board of Overseers of Opera Boston. He is the founding and current chairman of the Portrait Society of America.
In 1978 and 1998, a collection of Wetmore’s paintings was published in the best-selling art book, Promised Land, with text by noted author Leon Uris and Israeli statesman Abba Eban. Ireland - Portrayed by Gordon Wetmore, with text by the artist and a foreword by Princess Grace of Monaco appeared in 1980. Gordon Wetmore’s Prayers for Boys and Girls was published in 1986. In 2004, Vanishing Kingdoms, with 20 portraits by Wetmore and text by Ambassador Walter J.P. Curley, was published in Ireland by Lilliput Press.
American Artist magazine has described Gordon Wetmore as, “a friendly, open person, uniquely suited to portrait painting”. He is known for his accuracy and vivid interpretations of people. He captures the true character of his subjects and his brushwork flows with feeling and responsiveness towards each person he paints.
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I am sure this is a common question. How have you obtained new commissions other than utilizing a portrait agent and word of mouth of past clients? I was considering doing a direct mailing campaign to potential clients, have you ever tried this and had any success?