Grad Portraits

Martial Artist - Portrait Art

ULV Grads - Follow this link to reserve an appointment!

Thanks to everyone attending the premier of 'Phantom Kick' & 'Martial Artistry', portraits about the art of karate, and 'Glissant dans l'air - Gliding on Air' at Art Walk in Huntington Beach last November 16. Art walk continues with a Mega Art Walk on January 18 with up to 75 artists displaying in one location. Keep an eye on this web site or sign up for email notifications.

The pictures and story of your life are filled with faces, places, emotions and moments in time that can never be duplicated. From birth to high school senior to college and graduation, your moments are far too precious to leave to memory alone. This is the reason William Hodge Portrait Gallery, along with GradPortraits, exists.

The portraits that you acquire through the years are chapters in your life; your prized possessions. These milestone moments are what you'll look back on to remember each day; each face; each emotion and each vignette that is the story of your life.

Six Frames - Six Glamour Styles

'Some hearts see not the beauty which lies within their soul. It's our job to illuminate, capture and reveal wherein that beauty lies.'

What are your family's Milestone Moments; graduating from high school or college, achieving The Eagle Scout Award, achieving a leadership promotion at work or the moment before your children spread their wings and fly off to college or start their own families. These are just a few of the moments you need to remember with a portrait.

Creating exceptional portraits for you of these important Milestone Moments is what we do better than anyone else!

'The memory of loved ones never leaves this world until all of their pictures disintegrate into dust. This is why portraits are important.'

Your 'story' is unlike anyone else's. Your portraits should be unlike any else's also. From our state of the art studio, your portraits will be created in the place that tells your story the best.

Take a tour of our galleries and call us to talk about your Milestone Moments. We look forward to creating beautiful chapters in the story about you and your family!

Scouting encompasses many things: teamwork, values, survival skills, camping, hiking, and all the other careers represented by merit badges. In this image, William Hodge pictures one part of the Scouting experience with another art portrait.

Young Jesus & The Guardian Angels
This image is inspired by the sculptors and stonemasons of Colma, California, and brings together much of the artwork being created during the late 1800s when Colma was the burying ground for San Francisco. It was illegal to bury anybody within the city, so they went south to Colma. It's often said that there are more dead people in Colma than alive.

These sculptures are spread throughout a two mile area of the oldest of cemeteries in Colma, named Cypress Gardens. Many of the state's early business families are buried here. In the early 1900s it cost $10 to move the coffin from San Francisco to Colma. Copyright 2011 by William Hodge