WENDY HURST PORTRAIT

You don't need to be experienced, thin, or even tall; we all exist in art and that already makes you extraordinary. Want a senior portrait that will knock people's socks off? We can do that. Are you a musician looking for thought-provoking cover art? We can do that too. Conceptual portrait sessions with Wendy Hurst Portrait are a collaborative experience where together we'll design images that immerse you in a story of your imagination. It might even reveal something new about yourself...   Conceptual portrait sessions are open to women ages 12 to infinity. $50 per session. 1-2 hours on location*. 3-10 high resolution images and printing rights. *Small travel fees apply to any location farther than 30 minutes from North Salt Lake, Utah. Locations where a professional photography fee is required are not included in session price. Because we are designing story-rich images, there may not be 10 to choose from. If your session has more than 10 final images to select from, you c

color series: yellow Before I did any research, I started in my closet. On a shelf in my sewing room closet I pulled out any fabric I could find with bold colors that stood out to me. Blue, yellow, red. I threw them in the air, shook them in my hands, stretched them as far as they would go. Then I went to my sketch book (aka, the "Paper" app on my trusty iPad 2). I wasn't going to sketch what the fabric looked like. I wanted to draw how each made me feel . With each color I associated a few words to describe what that color meant to me and used stick figures to roughly illustrate them. After research, I grasped unexpected insight into my personality and current state of mind that, as I prepared these final images, became very personal. To share one: I chose the richest yellow-gold fabric I could find in my stash. According to this website I found about color psychology, "yellow is the color of the mind and the intellect", while "gold is the color of succes