Released on = June 28, 2007, 9:04 pm

Press Release Author = Kenneth Salzmann Communications

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Press Release Summary = Sentimentalportraits.biz offers museum-quality portraits at
affordable prices


Press Release Body = For Immediate Release
June 29, 2007
Contact: Donald Nagel
Phone: 704.817.0965
Email: SENTIMENTALPORTRAITS@carolina.rr.com



Web-based portrait studio is emerging as a picture of success

Sentimentalportraits.biz offers museum-quality portraits at affordable prices


Waxhaw, N.C.-Consider it one more thing the Internet has changed.

Not so long ago, only the wealthy were likely to commission museum-quality
portraits by skilled artists to capture the likenesses of their loved ones or
themselves.

But these days, that's become an affordable luxury, thanks to the enterprising
ideas of Sentimentalportraits.biz, a North Carolina-based portrait studio.

Sentimental Portraits is using the ease and convenience of web technology to bring
the timeless appeal of traditional painting and drawing to a wide, national
clientele.

It's a clientele that runs the gamut from executives who want official portraits to
couples celebrating weddings and anniversaries, proud parents and equally-proud pet
owners, people commemorating deceased loved ones and, at times, even such subjects
as a boy and his bike, according to Donald Nagel, the company's founder and
president.

"We've painted everything from brides to a man on his Harley," Nagel said. "People
come to us for pet portraits and retirement gifts, and for every occasion you can
imagine."

The portraits are available as either paintings or charcoal drawings in a variety
of sizes, with prices starting as low as $299 for a drawing and $399 for an oil
painting.

"These are true museum-quality works of art," Nagel said, adding that all work is
done by hand by trained artists and no aspect of the work is ever machine
generated.

The portraits can be created from either traditional or digital photographs, he
explained, and for some customers they even become a way to reinvent reality. In
addition to the most traditional, straightforward portraits, Sentimental Portraits
artists can also perform what the company calls "magics" by turning a cluttered
photo background into a solid backdrop or even combining multiple photos into a
single portrait.

That last technique means that people separated by long distances, or even by
generations, can appear side by side in their painting.

Nagel said he canvassed and combed galleries nationwide-and occasionally overseas-
to locate and recruit a far-flung stable of artists with the talents and skills he
needed.

"It took me nine months to put together 12 artists, each specializing in a
particular medium, such as oil, watercolor, charcoal, or pastel," he said. "And then
within those mediums, I had to find artists who specialize in faces, landscapes,
pets, businesses, cars, hair, hands, and so on."

Nagel said the company just recently incorporated-in March of this year-but it has
been in operation for more than five years, building a growing base of satisfied
customers, dozens of whom have posted testimonials on the website.

More information is available online at www.sentimentalportraits.biz



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Web Site = http://www.sentimentalportraits.biz

Contact Details = Contact: Donald Nagel
Phone: 704.817.0965
Email: SENTIMENTALPORTRAITS@carolina.rr.com