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"Bill and Mike"

(from the series: "Partners")

Oil on canvas

Katherine Meredith

From the artist statement:

I am a professional portrait painter and am currently working on a series of portraits of same sex couples. The portraits shown here are the first in this project entitled, "Partners".


Throughout history, portraits have been used to honor career achievement, position in society, and celebrate family and loved ones.


My aim is to portray gay couples in the time-honored medium of classic oil portraits in the hopes that it will promote thought and reflection on a subject that is at the front of our national consciousness. Portraying gay couples in this medium strips away "otherness" and we see real people, loving couples and happy families. I believe that when people see these portraits they will be inclined to examine their own feelings about marriage equality and tolerance.


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