OK, now I'm going to drop in a favorite of mine, that I discovered through Fr. Z's blog - Daniel Mitsui.
This is more like illumination than conventional portraiture. I think I like it because it is done in the same spirit as one of my favorite artists, Arthur Szyk:
I have his Haggadah, which is a most marvelous work.
32 posted on 05/28/2011 6:40:42 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))