Have you ever wondered what’s behind the making of a portrait and how it came to be? Hear from Judy Taylor on Tuesday, August 26th from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in her lecture “The Story Behind The Portrait.” In this lecture, Judy will tell the story behind some of the great portraits in art history and what they tell us about the subject and how by studying them it has informed her own work. She will also discuss some of her recent portrait commissions and how she structures the painting, the process of commissioning a portrait and the interesting people behind the curtain. Online viewing is available.

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Judy has done many private and academic portrait commissions including three of top medical professionals at Johns Hopkins Medical Center and recently was awarded the portrait commission of a Nobel laureate from the University of Chicago. 

Image: Commissioned portrait of Dr. David Valle, Johns Hopkins. David Valle, M.D., is the director of the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine