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Haverkamp’s demonstration was done on hardboard toned with a value 5 mid-gray acrylic paint. In 2008, a portrait of his daughter, Echo, earned him best in show in the Portrait Society of America International Portrait competition. Haverkamp has had numerous one man shows and creates interesting still-life paintings, but his chief subjects are his wife and children. With Liberace, he felt the freedom to develop his own methods and style as an artist. Then, in the summer of 2004, he attended a Studio Incamminati workshop with acclaimed artist Nelson Shanks and never traced again. Haverkamp later studied with Robert Liberace, who had a great influence on him. In those pre-Incamminati years, he meticulously produced perfect drawings and used tracing paper to transfer the detailed drawings to his canvas. degree in painting from Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, TN, in 2003. Haverkamp attended Cleveland Institute of Art and Memphis College of Art before earning his B.A. While adjusting the lights on his model (his wife Katherine) for the sitting and preparing his limited palette, he explained his evolution into a more creative artist. His 6’4” stature and youthful demeanor caught the attention of his audience, who remained captivated throughout the painting process. Using drawing and painting methods learned at Studio Incamminati with Nelson Shanks, Seth Haverkamp demonstrated some of his portrait painting techniques at the September meeting of the Portrait Society of Atlanta.