Artist Biography: Lib Mason is an award winning American portraitist. From an early age Mason had a strong fascination for the human face, endlessly sketching the faces of her family and friends. Best known for her capricious portraits that convey an emotional response to the image by the viewer whilst exploring a world that lies within her subject. Mason's practice is based on the "Flemish Method" of painting, a painstaking and technically skilled technique dating back to the early 15th century. Her version uses meticulous oil glazes applied over a pencil, watercolor, and oil base. Mason graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (Providence) and embarked on a career as an illustrator. Her diverse work was used in advertising, in editorial publications, and in architectural design. She has been featured in national magazines, designed special products for many global brands, and received prestigious awards from the esteemed Boston Society of Illustrators, the American Portrait Society, just to name a couple. This piece won 5th place out of 10 Winners and 20 Finalists (over 1600 entries) in The American Portrait Society National Contest.