Immortalized in Dots

At the Architectural Digest Home Show, they had a juried exhibition of artisans who create artwork and furniture for the home.

I met Kristine Baerlin of Figment Studio, who paints portraits in a pop-art style that is very distinctive, yet accessible and not too abstract to really capture the likeness of your child or other portrait subject.

You give her a photo you want replicated in portrait form, and she mixes her own acrylics and uses museum-quality canvas to replicate it in her style, with an overlay of dots or circles.

Kristine had a selection of portraits on site at the show and they were really eye-catching. And the price point is pretty reasonable for a custom piece of artwork.

Here is a beautiful example of one of her portraits of a non-child subject, using the "dot" style rather than the open circles. This color palette is more monochromatic, but her website displays a wide assortment of other standard color palettes you can choose from or customize to your own liking.

I think one of the best things about these portraits is that you can get them as a surprise gift for someone since they are done from a photograph. How cool!