For over fifteen years, Lori Polson Portrait Specialists has been devoted to matching the right portrait artist to the needs of the sitter. We take into account numerous criteria, including personal style, mood, budget and timeline. 

Our mission is to help our clients by streamlining the portrait process.     Choosing the right portrait artist, and all that follows that choice, can be overwhelming. Portrait Specialists ensures that the project does not become too encumbering for our clients. We oversee every step of the way, so that the progression is smooth and there is little interruption to a sitter’s busy schedule. We guide our sitter on myriad subjects beginning with attire, atmosphere, and through the final framing of the portrait. We keep in close communication throughout the entire process, supplying updates when warranted, and are available on a 24/7 basis. Most importantly, we deliver the final product, a museum-quality painting, only when the sitter is completely satisfied.

Lori Polson has a background in fine art, having begun painting and studying art at the age of nine. Professionally, prior to launching her art consultancy business, she was Art Director for Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Worldwide in New York City.

Note: the artists represented on this site are a partial sampling. For a full portfolio, please contact Lori Polson Portrait Specialists.

“.....it cannot be called a portrait unless it awakens in us the

feeling that we are facing an individual with all of his physical

and mental characteristics.”

                     “A portrait is a work of art representing an individual. It has been

                     called a materialization of an individual soul. The pleasure we

                     derive from the contemplation of a portrait is due to its value as a

                     likeness as well a to its aesthetic qualities. A cast taken from life is

                     not a portrait, nor is a photograph, nor any painting, drawing or

                     sculpture which does not possess the harmony of line and colour

                     which alone can give it aesthetic value.

A composer who wishes to give the impression of the song of birds does not                                                imitate the notes of real birds, but invents notes which harmonize with his music. When heard alone they would have no meaning, but as part of the composition               they convey to us the sensation of hearing birds sing. So the colours and lines of a picture gain significance only through their relation to each other. As in a poem not one word can be changed, so in a portrait not a touch can be added without unbalancing the whole. But whatsoever the aesthetic quality of a picture may be, it cannot be called a portrait unless it awakens in us the feeling that we are facing an individual with all of his physical and mental characteristics.”

    –  quote from, Painting, Problems and Technique by Frederick T. Weber and Charles Masson, Curator at the Museum of Luxembourg

Fees available upon request. 

For more information please contact

LPOLS2@AOL.COM or loripolsonportraits@gmail.com

phone (551) 486-1798    o(201) 476-1616