Portrait Collection ©jimallen

Jim Allen has taken many years to perfect his craft of portraiture. As he freely admits, thier is no secret to what he does. Somehow Jim manges to land on the
peg each time he has a portrait in his sight. Jim says: "Everyone has a soul and I try to best pay attention to that part of my job, which is captre the essence of a persons charachter in a split second of recognition that seems to happen
more than often for me. I keep things simple and effective. I do not feel the art of portraiture is about gimmicks or mega pixels or film, Its about connection! " The styles of portrait can vary but in the end its all about
communcation with the viewer. Who is this person we are looking at and what is it about the charachter of the sitter that interests people. Is he funny, sad, euphoric, intelligent, wise, sensitive, loving, gentle, strong.athletic, caring,
or funny." " Its in the eyes! "