The Free Portrait Project

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200 oil portraits from life & oral histories recorded in one year. South Brooklyn: 2023. Get in the picture. #wearesouthbrooklyn

Trap, of Greenwood, is no. 135 of 200 free oil-pai

Trap, of Greenwood, is no. 135 of 200 free oil-painted portraits from life of Southern Brooklyn residents, with in-the-moment recorded oral histories in 2023. 4.5 hours, oil on canvas-paper, 18x24".

To apply for a free portrait, learn more, and support this crowd-funded effort, visit: www.freeportraitproject.org

#portrait #painting #oilpainting #sketchportrait #community #oralhistory #neighbors #neighborhood #brooklyn #wearesouthernbrooklyn #southbrooklyn #southernbrooklyn #allaprima #oilportrait #sayhello

Roniquee Marksman is no. 132 of 200 free oil-paint

Roniquee Marksman is no. 132 of 200 free oil-painted portraits from life of Southern Brooklyn residents, with in-the-moment recorded oral histories in 2023. 4.5 hours, oil on canvas-paper, 18x24".

To apply for a free portrait, learn more, and support this crowd-funded effort, visit: www.freeportraitproject.org

#portrait #painting #oilpainting #sketchportrait #community #oralhistory #neighbors #neighborhood #brooklyn #wearesouthernbrooklyn #southbrooklyn #southernbrooklyn #allaprima #oilportrait #sayhello

Party tip / reminder: Donate blood if you are able

Party tip / reminder: Donate blood if you are able. Boundless cookies and juice await you, and we're in a shortage.

(I got that good O+/ universal donor, so they got me on quick dial.)

Thanks in advance, on behalf of all the recipients who we may never meet. 🙏🏼😌

-- Rusty Z.

Julia Gutsul of Bensonhurst has no social media. S

Julia Gutsul of Bensonhurst has no social media. She says, "If people want to be social, they can come to the reception of my portrait on October 8th at @cafenubenyc & say hello in person."

Julia is no. 130 of 200 free oil-painted portraits from life of Southern Brooklyn residents, with in-the-moment recorded oral histories in 2023. 4.5 hours, oil on canvas-paper, 18x24".

To apply for a free portrait, learn more, and support this crowd-funded effort, visit: www.freeportraitproject.org

#portrait #painting #oilpainting #sketchportrait #community #oralhistory #neighbors #neighborhood #brooklyn #wearesouthernbrooklyn #southbrooklyn #southernbrooklyn #allaprima #oilportrait #sayhello

New Fundraising video dropping today! I need to r

New Fundraising video dropping today!

I need to raise $$$ to keep this project going.

Please support me as I give 200 FREE oil portraits & oral histories to 200 South Brooklyn residents this year.

Donate here: https://app.thefield.org/home/donation/general/633855/0

Credit: beats by @joeyyymintz

@tylucas.kelley brought his saxophone to his portr

@tylucas.kelley brought his saxophone to his portrait sitting, so I got to record and use that as background music today. Ty-Lucas is no. 113 of 200 free oil-painted portraits from life of Southern Brooklyn residents, with in-the-moment recorded oral histories in 2023. 4.5 hours, oil on canvas-paper, 18x24".

To apply for a free portrait, learn more, and support this crowd-funded effort, visit: www.freeportraitproject.org

#portrait #painting #oilpainting #sketchportrait #community #oralhistory #neighbors #neighborhood #brooklyn #wearesouthernbrooklyn #southbrooklyn #southernbrooklyn #allaprima #oilportrait #sayhello

@lilcuti3jade Jade Huynh is no. 124 of 200 free oi

@lilcuti3jade Jade Huynh is no. 124 of 200 free oil-painted portraits from life of Southern Brooklyn residents, with in-the-moment recorded oral histories in 2023. 4.5 hours, oil on canvas-paper, 18x24".

To apply for a free portrait, learn more, and support this crowd-funded effort, visit: www.freeportraitproject.org

#portrait #painting #oilpainting #sketchportrait #community #oralhistory #neighbors #neighborhood #brooklyn #wearesouthernbrooklyn #southbrooklyn #southernbrooklyn #allaprima #oilportrait #sayhello

Rough draft of a fundraising video forthcoming. St

Rough draft of a fundraising video forthcoming. Stay tuned, and get ready to help me keep this good thing going. <3

--Rusty Z.

Prepping jpegs for a fundraising video-- some high

Prepping jpegs for a fundraising video-- some highlights from the first few months of the year of 200 free oil-painted portraits from life of Southern Brooklyn residents, with in-the-moment recorded oral histories in 2023. 4.5 hours, oil on canvas-paper, 18x24".

To learn more and to support this community and crowd-funded effort, visit: www.freeportraitproject.org

#portrait #painting #oilpainting #sketchportrait #community #oralhistory #neighbors #neighborhood #brooklyn #wearesouthernbrooklyn #southbrooklyn #southernbrooklyn #allaprima #oilportrait #sayhello

Jamila Modeste, of East Flatbush and the Brooklyn

Jamila Modeste, of East Flatbush and the Brooklyn public library, is no. 127 of 200 free oil-painted portraits from life of Southern Brooklyn residents, with in-the-moment recorded oral histories in 2023. 4.5 hours, oil on canvas-paper, 18x24".

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Learn more, support this community crowd-funded effort, and apply for a portrait: www.freeportraitproject.org

#portrait #painting #oilpainting #sketchportrait #community #oralhistory #neighbors #neighborhood #brooklyn #wearesouthernbrooklyn #southbrooklyn #southernbrooklyn #allaprima #oilportrait #sayhello

Open call for the last 74 spots out of 200 oil pai

Open call for the last 74 spots out of 200 oil painted portraits with recorded oral histories of South Brooklyn.

Apply here:

www.freeportraitproject.org/apply

New exhibition! up at @bklynlibrary Mill Basin bra

New exhibition! up at @bklynlibrary Mill Basin branch, now through December 5th. 2385 Ralph Ave.

17 portraits out of 200 free oil-painted portraits from life of Southern Brooklyn residents, with in-the-moment recorded oral histories in 2023. 4.5 hours, oil on canvas-paper, 18x24".

To learn more and to support this community and crowd-funded effort, visit: www.freeportraitproject.org

#portrait #painting #oilpainting #sketchportrait #community #oralhistory #neighbors #neighborhood #brooklyn #wearesouthernbrooklyn #southbrooklyn #southernbrooklyn #allaprima #oilportrait #sayhello

"my name is too complicated for many people, so I

"my name is too complicated for many people, so I go by Bryan".

Bryan is from Borough Park, by way of Anatolia, Turkey. And it's number 123 of 200 free oil-painted portraits from life of Southern Brooklyn residents, with in-the-moment recorded oral histories in 2023. 4.5 hours, oil on canvas-paper, 18x24".

To learn more and to support this community and crowd-funded effort, visit: www.freeportraitproject.org

#portrait #painting #oilpainting #sketchportrait #community #oralhistory #neighbors #neighborhood #brooklyn #wearesouthernbrooklyn #southbrooklyn #southernbrooklyn #allaprima #oilportrait #sayhello

Jeska of Sheepshead Bay is number 122 of 200 free

Jeska of Sheepshead Bay is number 122 of 200 free oil-painted portraits from life of Southern Brooklyn residents, with in-the-moment recorded oral histories in 2023. 4.5 hours, oil on canvas-paper, 18x24".

To learn more and to support this community and crowd-funded effort, visit: www.freeportraitproject.org

#portrait #painting #oilpainting #sketchportrait #community #oralhistory #neighbors #neighborhood #brooklyn #wearesouthernbrooklyn #southbrooklyn #southernbrooklyn #allaprima #oilportrait #sayhello

Ingrid Baptiste of East Flatbush is number 121 of

Ingrid Baptiste of East Flatbush is number 121 of 200 free oil-painted portraits from life of Southern Brooklyn residents, with in-the-moment recorded oral histories in 2023. 4.5 hours, oil on canvas-paper, 18x24".

To learn more and to support this community and crowd-funded effort, visit: www.freeportraitproject.org

#portrait #painting #oilpainting #sketchportrait #community #oralhistory #neighbors #neighborhood #brooklyn #wearesouthernbrooklyn #southbrooklyn #southernbrooklyn #allaprima #oilportrait #sayhello

"the pandemic was terrible. I was isolated. I coul

"the pandemic was terrible. I was isolated. I couldn't see my grandchildren and my daughters. But I have CDs of @thebrooklyntabernacle choir. Their music, and prayer, got me through it."

Pat Brown was nominated by @zuneranyc and is number 120 of 200 free oil-painted portraits from life of Southern Brooklyn residents, with in-the-moment recorded oral histories in 2023. 4.5 hours, oil on canvas-paper, 18x24".

To learn more and to support this community and crowd-funded effort, visit: www.freeportraitproject.org

#portrait #painting #oilpainting #sketchportrait #community #oralhistory #neighbors #neighborhood #brooklyn #wearesouthernbrooklyn #southbrooklyn #southernbrooklyn #allaprima #oilportrait #sayhello

Doing a double today. One down, one to go!

Doing a double today. One down, one to go!

Raven was born and raised on the edge of Sunset an

Raven was born and raised on the edge of Sunset and Boro Park, and settled into Bay Ridge about 4 years ago with her daughters, Jada and @ciaraloiza , who also had her portrait painted in this collection.

Stay tuned for her audio oral history portion, as number 118 of 200 free oil-painted portraits from life of Southern Brooklyn residents, with in-the-moment recorded oral histories in 2023. 4.5 hours, oil on canvas-paper, 18x24".

To learn more and to support this community and crowd-funded effort, visit: www.freeportraitproject.org

#portrait #painting #oilpainting #sketchportrait #community #oralhistory #neighbors #neighborhood #brooklyn #wearesouthernbrooklyn #southbrooklyn #southernbrooklyn #allaprima #oilportrait #sayhello

@fdny was in the house today, with Lieutenant Crai

@fdny was in the house today, with Lieutenant Craig Hachemeister, born and raised in Kensington, three generations deep.

Craig has a fondness for the grateful dead, the flowers his neighbor grew when he was a child living next to the Windsor terrace @bklynlibrary , and he is no.117 of 200 free oil-painted portraits from life of Southern Brooklyn residents, with in-the-moment recorded oral histories in 2023. 4.5 hours, oil on canvas-paper, 18x24".

To learn more and to support this community and crowd-funded effort, visit: www.freeportraitproject.org

#portrait #painting #oilpainting #sketchportrait #community #oralhistory #neighbors #neighborhood #brooklyn #wearesouthernbrooklyn #southbrooklyn #southernbrooklyn #allaprima #oilportrait #sayhello

@hildosartist , aka @hildosinthecity , of Bay Ridg

@hildosartist , aka @hildosinthecity , of Bay Ridge by way of Lebanon, is #116 of 200 free oil-painted portraits from life of Southern Brooklyn residents, with in-the-moment recorded oral histories in 2023. 4.5 hours, oil on canvas-paper, 18x24".

To learn more and to support this community and crowd-funded effort, visit: www.freeportraitproject.org

#portrait #painting #oilpainting #sketchportrait #community #oralhistory #neighbors #neighborhood #brooklyn #wearesouthernbrooklyn #southbrooklyn #southernbrooklyn #allaprima #oilportrait #sayhello

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SOUTH(ERN) BROOKLYN: 2023

A Portrait of a Place through its People.

Oil Painted Portraits

Oral Histories