This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, Kathleen of Fireflies and Family.
I am super picky about artwork for my home. Most of my artwork is pretty, but not very personal. There are a few photographs, but not a whole lot that shows you what and who I really love.
When I discovered Juli Koroly of An Eye for Art, I realized how much I would love to have a small piece of artwork that captures the beautiful faces of my children. I’m not one to hang a huge portrait of my children above the fireplace…just not my style. Juli creates beautiful oil portrait sketches in 6″x6″ or 6″x8″ sizes that are easy to incorporate into your home.
She can do single custom portraits or entire family. Are these portraits beautiful or what?
Besides being crazy-talented, Juli really puts her heart into her work. She prefers to have multiple photographs of the subject so that she can get a better idea of their features. And she also loves to talk with her clients by phone to get an understanding of the person she is painting and what she should try and capture in the painting.
I hope Juli doesn’t mind that I tell you that some of her most touching work has been done for the families of fallen servicemen and women. She doesn’t charge for this as she views it as a gift to those families for their ultimate sacrifice. This is her own, very personal, very special way of showing support for our troops. In Juli’s own words, “I have found that people hesitate to ask for a “free” portrait so I must depend on others to make the connection for me.”
She is also very involved as an advocate for children in the foster care system and has used her tremendous talent to depict those children with dignity and love.
For years, Juli has worked solely by word-of-mouth and referrals, but she recently opened her etsy shop called An Eye for Art. You can click over there to see different portrait options. Wouldn’t you love to see your babies captured in a beautiful oil painting? I know any Grandma would surely love it…time to think Mother’s Day!
Here’s the part that will knock your socks off! Juli is offering a single custom portrait as a giveaway to my readers! That’s a $100 value! All you have to do is leave a comment on this post telling me if you would keep this for yourself or give it as a gift.
What are you waiting for??? Leave a comment!
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oooh, I love this!! I would have one done of our son and I’d keep it! Love artwork like this!
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What a beautiful treasure this would be. Thanks for the giveaway!
Wow!! Her work is wonderful. I would have one done of my daughter and keep and I think I would have to keep it for myself.
What beautiful artwork! She is very talented! I would have a painting done of my father in law and give it to my husband. We lost him unexpectedly in December. I would order one for my sweet mother in law, also.
i’d do a picture of my husband from deployment a few years ago, and keep it for myself.
I’d save it and give it to my sis and her husband for Christmas. She’s a nurse in the Air Force, and he flies Black Hawk helicopters and is currently in Iraq. They were married in Sept, and now are expecting!! (shh, it’s a secret!) A portrait of their new baby would be a great Homecoming/Christmas present.
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I have a really great photo of my son that I would love to submit for a gift for my parents. They are head-over-heels for their only grandson. I know this would make an excellent gift!
Love it. Keep or give to my parents? That’s a hard one!
Very nice idea – I think I’d do one for a military friend of my son who is getting married in a couple of months. His wife-to-be would love it.
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Wow a precious gift for her to freely share her amazing talent with others! Inspiring. I would probably keep it for myself because I can’t think of the perfect person to give it to as a gift.
I would absolutely have this done of my late father in law who I never met.
Keep.
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I’d def. have this made of my late father in law who I never met. We would keep it or give it to my mother in law. What a gift!
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I would have to keep such special artwork for myself!! My little baby boy is turning one next month. This would be a beautiful way to capture it! Thank you for a chance to win!
oh. . . wonderful. i would give a portrait of our children as a gift to my husband for Father’s Day. so, I guess it would be like keeping it for myself also.
So lovely. I would most definitely choose a portrait of my kiddos to keep for myself!
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Ugh..I hate to say it but I would be selfish and keep it for myself (I know that is so horrible). I have the perfect spot on my bedroom dresser that needs a picture of my sweet little girl and how great would an original art piece look.
I would love one of these portraits of my grandbabies and would lgive it to their mama for Mothers Day. How fun would that be?!?
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Wow! So beautiful! I would get one of my son and keep it for our new home!
Wow! What a generous and amazing offer. Her work is beautiful and seem to capture so much personality. I would love to have her paint my kids’ portraits!
Her artwork knocked my socks off! The giveaway is wonderful too! I’d love to see my punks done or Great Grandma.
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I would have a picture done of my friend’s daughter who died at 3 months of age.
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Oh, I would love to keep it if I could find the $$ to buy three more to get them of all my kids. Otherwise, I would totally give this to my sister. She is a single mom and her little girl means the world to her. The artwork is just beautiful!
What a terrific giveaway! I would love to have a portrait done of one of my daughters!
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Wow, this is a great giveaway. I would give it to my brother and sister-in-law so they could have a painting made of my 2 year old niece! They’d love it!
I’d love to have one of these of my boys. What a wonderful keepsake that would be! And, fun to display also.
Thanks for introducing me to such a fabulous artist!
i would love to give this to my mother.
Keep it for me!
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Wow I would so love to win one of these!! They are amazing! That is definetly talent.
I would love to have one of my children. I just may have to buy a second one if I win so that it’s fair!
Thanks for the chance to win!
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Ooh – I would LOVE to have this. We don’t hang a ton of pics of our kids (not our style, either) – but this would be perfect!!
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Oh, these are beautiful. Such talent! I would have to say that if I won, I would have to choose to keep it and get a painting of my sweet girl.
I would love to have one of thesse portraits for myself of my 13 year old daughter. They are beautiful.
I think I would have to offer it to one of my dental patients (I’m a dental hygienist) whose grandson died in Iraq in June.
Tracy
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Love these! I would give this to my sister, a portrait of her 3 year old son.
Her work is beautiful. What an amazing talent. I would have a portrait done of my daughter. I want to keep her pudgy little 2 year old face forever.
Thank you for the giveaway.
Elizabeth
It’s hard to decide what I would do with this. I suppose I would keep it, but have the portrait done of my grandmother who has passed away.
Oh, I would keep it and then find buy 2 more, 1 for my MIL and one for my mom…what great gifts. I’m thinking about ordering some anyway, thanks for sharing this site!!!
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Juli does beautiful work! It would be so awesome to be able to display an oil painting of my children in my home. It is something I’ve always thought about but never persued. Please enter me in this wonderful giveaway. It would be a dream come true!
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How beautiful! I would keep it for myself but will want to get some done for grandmas too.
so cute!
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Wow, this is beautiful. I don’t know what I would do yet. I’m thinking it might be nice to give to my aunt as she only has one child, as my own mom has three of her own, but I’m just not sure. I’d love to have one of these though!!
I would so love to have one done of my son, a green beret, serving his 3rd deployment in Afghanistan
Peggy
Oh, I love love this! We just bought a house and our desperately in need on some good wall decor. I think this would fit oh so perfectly in our living room.
Those portraits are beautiful! I feel selfish saying this, but if I won I’d want to keep it to hang in our home.
I’d love to have my two kids potraits done. These are really lovely.
I have 2 sons so it would be impossible to choose just one of them. I think I would have one made of my beautiful niece, Jenna, (an only child) and send it to my sister for her birthday! Awesome giveaway and just beautiful artwork!
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Oh I would most definitely have to keep that for myself!
How memorative! I would get a portrait of my 90 yr.-old gram and keep it for myself. With age, comes beauty! Thanks for the chance!
I would give it as a gift!
I would love to have a portrait done for my aunt, of my cousin her son, who died in a sudden drowing accident while kayaking with several cousins. She still grieves so much, it would touch her deeply to have something so beautiful and special portraying his always smiling face.
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How beautiful! I would keep it (feeling a little guilty about it, but…)
Oh those are beautiful! I hope I win!
What a treasure!!!!
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I would have to have a portrait done of my son and keep it for myself. What a treasure!
I’m not sure, I want to keep for myself, but I might gift to my mom. Hmmm
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i would love to have a portrait of my daughter. my mother in law, who passed away from cancer before our daughter was born, was a wonderful portrait artist; toiling over her canvases for months in order ro perfect the images of those she loved. While we have pictures of our daughter in our home, we dont have a portrait of her because it hasnt felt right to have someone else do it, when the one person who could have captured her so perfectly isn’t here any longer to do it. The examples you showed remind me so much of her work and it has given me cause to want to try.
what an incredibly gifted artist! i would keep this for myself!
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Such beautiful work she does! I think I would keep it for myself. My kids are getting older and I am already starting topanic a little about empty nest!
Thanks for a great giveaway! WOW! I think I would have to keep this one and do a picture of my son. His big sister has a lot of wall space in the house and I would love something with just him!
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Oh I’d have to get one of my kids (then order another!) since I have a watercolor of my late son as an infant and my husband with his brother’s when they were young. Then I could hang them all in my hallway and that means I would definately keep ;0
She is very talented.
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These portraits are WONDERFUL!
They seem to capture the essence of the subject while keeping it simple. Beautiful. I would love to give one as a gift!
annie
It might be selfish, but I’d definately keep it for myself!
I would definately give this to my MIL. She has recently gone to live in an assisted living center and we are trying to spruce up her room. She woould flip over something this beautiful!
I would have to keep this for myself. I have two boys that are 3 and 5 so this would be a treasure to keep for always!
i would love to be able to give one of these to my brother. he is going through a horrible divorce and his wife has all of the pictures of their four year old son. i recently did a photo shoot with them and would have one made of his son for him.
her work is beautiful!
I would have a portrait of my daughter and give it to my husband for Father’s Day. Thanks!
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Wow – I am so impressed with her – it means so much to me that she is doing portraits for the families of fallen soldiers.
I would probably like one of my sons – they grow up so fast!
Her portraits are beautiful! I would have one painted of my son. I would like to think that I could give it away to the grandparents, but I would probably keep it
What a treasure.
I would love to keep this of myself. I need a more updated portrait of my son in such a beautiful format. I am also pregnant with my second child so a pregnancy portrait may be really nice or one of the newborn. So many options!
What a keepsake! I would of course have to purchase one to go with my “prize” in order to capture the smiles of both of my little boys.
Thank you for this opportunity to wind something so special. I think I would have to give it away….my mother passed away last August and she and my daughter shared the same birthdate. My father is unable to find the rings my mother left for her and this would be a wonderful replacement….something to cherish always.
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Those paintings are inspirational! I am having a baby in March and I would love a painting of her. I will keep it, definitely or maybe give it to my dad as he may not get to see her in a long while (we live in different continents.
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That’s a hard one. I could give it to my niece, who has a 2 year old son, or I could keep it for myself. I wonder if she paints dogs?
Thanks for the giveaway!
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As much as I would love to be able to give something like this as I gift, I would keep it for my home.
Wow! I would love to win this – and I’d give it to my daughter who’s about to give birth to her first child.
Having an original piece of artwork in my home would be so wonderful and I would love to win this. I would probably choose to immortalize my kids.
I’m afraid I would selfishly keep this for myself. It’s beautiful.
These are gorgeous!
I would have one done of my mother and keep for myself.
What an AWESOME giveaway!!!! I would probably give the portrait to my brother-in-love and sister-in-love…my nephew is absolutely adorable and they would be so thrilled to have a portrait of him!!!
Thanks for the opportunity!
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I would probably give it as a gift, to my sister
I definitely would want to keep this one. Maybe of one of my children, and then pay for a the portrait of the other child. Incredible work!
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i’d keep this! who wouldn’t love a portrait of their children.
Oh I’d get two done! One of each of my babies and I’d keep them forever and ever and ever!
Oh how lovely!! At the risk of sounding completely selfish, I would be inclined to keep this for myself. What a true and precious gift she has!
Oh how I would love to have one of those of my dad who passed when I was 8 years old….
I would use this for myself to do some artwork of my two boys. Thanks!
I love this! I would keep it all for myself! The hard part would be decided which baby would get painted!
Beautiful work and that is so touching about what she does for the families of soldiers and foster kids!
Call me selfish… I’d keep it!
Oh man! I totally want to keep it, but I’d give it to my kids’ Godparents, they are such a great part of our family! Her artwork is lovely!
Amazing work! I’m bookmarking her for future reference!
I would love to win this! I would have one done of my 16 yr old son who passed away over 8 yrs ago, and I would keep it! I gave away several of my more recent photos of him to his friends and would love something more permanent, like this. I never thought of having something like this done. A big ‘Thank you!’ Kimba, to you and to Julie, for your generosity.
i would keep of my daughter – and order another of my son. They are both adopted and I would love to have one done of each of them at the age they came to our home: ages 5 & 2.
I loved the artwork. I think I will have something done for my family portrait. Thanks for sharing it to us!
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I would love to have one created of my precious mother who passed away 12 years ago. I would keep it of course!
Call me selfish – but I would totally keep it!
This is one giveaway gift I would have to keep for myself.
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