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Portrait Society

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Jobbagy Alex – Self-Portrait Outside the Frame

The Portrait Society of Canada is a public organization which holds an annual self-portrait competition. I am so grateful I stumbled across their shenanigans! The contest has had some very interesting submissions over the years, and I’m thrilled to share some of my favorites (there were MANY more…). The Society offers support for portrait painters and sculptors, and even offers both live and online portrait classes for children.

You can follow The Portrait Society of Canada on their website and on Instagram and Facebook.

Singer Talia. Tell me how you really feel
Cranford Darren. Reflection
Ross Kerry L.. Into they hands I commend my spirit
Cherry Matthew. Dialogue w Vincent on the Sacral Chakra and Satiation
Hay Linda. Mois
Uvegi Clarissa Payne. Self Portrait in Black
Heupel Bettina. Selbstportrait rot
Gelber Lucy. Cutting Onions
Vahle Tim. End Of Year.
Nikas Alex . Through the Fog
Elliott Melissa. ME, Muse
Cook Greg. “dormant”
David Johanne. Me
Bateman Ange . Dragging Time
Marc Borges. Self-Portrait with Green Hat
Tecson Josephine. Curls n Kisses
Bhullar Kulwant Singh . Dialogue with Self
Barber Danny. Middle aged man with kitten
Alain Carretta. Autoportrait
Hayles Adrian. Selfie
Mary Boone. What is next!
Nuttall Ted. The Morning In My Eyes

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Author: Donna from One Beautiful Thing

I have committed to spending part of every day looking for at least one beautiful thing, and sharing what I find with you lovelies!

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  1. loudly07173af8fb's avatar
    loudly07173af8fb
    September 1, 2026 at 7:45 pm

    Such a brilliant idea — I’m totally interested!

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    Laura (PA Pict)
    September 2, 2026 at 11:31 am

    They are all great and I really enjoy the diversity of the approaches. I will need to check them out on Instagram and probably give them a follow. I try to maintain an Instagram feed that is all human creativity and chonky animals.

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