About

The Canadian series of Star Portraits brings us 13 half-hour shows introducing the Canadian audience to working artists and reintroducing them to some well-known Canadian personalities. As we watch the artists draw or paint their interpretation of the personalities, we learn a little more about both groups of people and the process of portraiture.

Based on the hit BBC series that regularly engaged over five million prime-time UK viewers weekly, STAR PORTRAITS is an innovative program that combines the art of portraiture with celebrity biography. The stories are intimate and personal as viewers get to know accomplished artists and learn more about some of their favorite celebrities.

Here in Canada, Toronto-based production company PTV Productions Inc. will give STAR PORTRAITS a stylish and fresh look and feel.

The series will premier on Bravo! in September 2009.

We are happy to announce that this project is being produced in cooperation with the Portrait Gallery of Canada, Library and Archives Canada. The Portrait Gallery of Canada's mission is to honour, commemorate and celebrate those who have shaped this country. We look forward to STAR PORTRAITS leading the redefinition of "portrait" for a new century.