Every week, people line up for their turn to take home a hand-drawn portrait that might look like them. Or it might not.

Doris Simonett, 96, wore chunky black-framed glasses, funky pants, a loose black shirt and a big smile. Copies of the New ...

The thing that, for me, elevates a normal picture, a snapshot, into a portrait is that you get some kind of connection with the subject. Essence of a good portrait, really, is a truth about ...