Portrait offerings

Each portrait offering is grounded in strong observation and likeness, while allowing emotion, symbolism, and artistic interpretation to shape the final work.

Embodied Portraits

Embodied Portraits focus on how a person exists  emotionally and physically while maintaining accurate likeness. Created through live sessions, gesture studies, and reference photography, these portraits feel alive, expressive, and deeply personal.

What this includes:

• Live in-person session
• Reference photography and gesture studies
• Private studio creation
• Optional prints and framing

Artwork by Azareah York titled The Invasive Rot of Grief, an oil self-portrait depicting mushrooms emerging from the face as a metaphor for grief and emotional decay.
Artwork by Azareah York showing an early pencil sketch used as the foundation for the oil painting In the Green Quiet, illustrating her creative process from drawing to final work.
Artwork by Azareah York depicting a work-in-progress oil painting of the same figure repeated within a bedroom, expressing isolation and emotional spiraling during depression and grief.

Inner State Studies

Inner State Studies retain recognizable features while exploring emotional or psychological states through repetition, symbolism, or surreal composition. These works translate inner experience into layered visual narratives.

This offering is well suited for those drawn to expressive, symbolic, or emotionally complex portraiture.

Alternate view of a stipple self-portrait in progress by Azareah York, continuing the exploration of grief through repeated crying figures.
Close-up detail of stipple dot work in a self-portrait by Azareah York, highlighting dense mark-making and meditative drawing technique.
Work-in-progress stipple self-portrait by Azareah York showing layered faces arranged along a spiral composition inspired by sacred imagery..

Legacy Portraits

Legacy Portraits are created to honor a life — past or present. Built from photographs, memory, and conversation, these portraits preserve dignity, likeness, and emotional presence.

These works are approached slowly and with care.

Artwork by Azareah York depicting a work-in-progress stipple legacy portrait of her late brother, showing multiple stages of his life from childhood to adulthood.
Artwork by Azareah York depicting a stipple portrait of her late grandmother in her forties wearing a headwrap, emphasizing strength, presence, and a powerful gaze.
Artwork by Azareah York titled Malcom, a stipple portrait of the late Mac Miller inspired by his final photoshoot and rendered in a restrained two-tone palette.

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