# Watercolor Portrait Illustration

By Samantha Hahn, New York watercolor illustrator.

Watercolor portraiture for magazines and exhibitions, including How I Get It Done, an ongoing portrait series for New York Magazine's The Cut, and Carrying On, a series created and illustrated for The Cut. Select work featuring Karl Lagerfeld, Rei Kawakubo, Phoebe Philo, Issey Miyake, Christy Turlington Burns, Coco Chanel, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Adjani, Sofia Coppola, Louise Bourgeois, Grace Jones, Gloria Steinem, Bill Cunningham, Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz and Lizzo at the Met Gala. Select clients include The Cut, New York Magazine, Vogue, Vogue Mexico, Milk X in Hong Kong, Vanity Fair, Four Seasons Magazine and The Telegraph, with work shown in the Style Legends exhibit in Hong Kong.

Commissioned watercolor portraits for magazine, newspaper and site features, profiles and interview series, book and podcast artwork, and exhibitions, painted from photographs or live at events.

## Work

- ![Dee Poku for How I Get It Done, The Cut](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/dee-poku.webp)
- ![Karla Martinez de Salas for Vogue Mexico](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/karla-martinez-de-salas.webp)
- ![Amanda Nguyen](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/amanda.webp)
- ![Gloria Steinem](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/gloria-steinem.webp)
- ![Grace Jones for Four Seasons Magazine](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/grace-jones-samantha-hahn-four-seasons-magazine-copy.webp)
- ![Jen Beagin for Making It, New York Magazine](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/jen-beagin-copy.webp)
- ![Donald Trump](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/trump-signs.webp)
- ![Anna Wintour](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/anna.webp)
- ![Grace Coddington](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/grace.webp)
- ![Mari Giudicelli](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/mari-giudicelli.webp)
- ![Folasade Adeoso for The Cut](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/folesade-adeoso.webp)
- ![Cathy Horyn for How I Get It Done, The Cut](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/cathy.webp)
- ![Phoebe Philo for the Style Legends exhibit in Hong Kong and Milk X](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/pheobe-philo-samantha-hahn.webp)
- ![Karl Lagerfeld for the Style Legends exhibit in Hong Kong and Milk X](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/karl-lagerfeld-samantha-hahn.webp)
- ![Cynthia Rowley for Carrying On, The Cut](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/cynthia-rowley.webp)
- ![Christy Turlington Burns for The Cut](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/christy-turlington-burns-samantha-hahn.webp)
- ![Celine Semaan for The Cut](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/celine-semaan.webp)
- ![Louise Bourgeois for Milk X](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/louise-bourgeois-samantha-hahn.webp)
- ![Isabelle Adjani for Milk X](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/isabelle-adjani-samantha-hahn.webp)
- ![Issey Miyake for the Style Legends exhibit in Hong Kong and Milk X](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/issey-miyake.webp)
- ![Ife Toussant for Making It, New York Magazine](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/ife-toussant-final-copy.webp)
- ![Lagusta Yearwood for Making It, New York Magazine](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/lagusta-yearwood-copy.webp)
- ![David Bowie](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/bowie.webp)
- ![Vivienne Westwood](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/vivienne-westwood-portrait-copy.webp)
- ![Andy Warhol](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/warhol-copy.webp)
- ![Jenna Lyons and Troi Ollivierre for Vanity Fair](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/troi-and-jenna-chosen-revised.webp)
- ![Sofia Coppola for Milk X](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/sofia.webp)
- ![Lizzo at the Met Gala for The Cut](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/lizzo-samantha-hahn-copy.webp)
- ![Christene Barberich](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/christene-barberich.webp)
- ![Pee-wee Herman](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/pee-wee-copy.webp)
- ![Victor Glemaud for The Cut](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/victor-glemaud1.webp)
- ![Susie Bubble](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/susie-bubble.webp)
- ![Aran Goyoaga for The Cut](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/aran-goyoaga.webp)
- ![Maria Cornejo for The Cut](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/maria-corenjo.webp)
- ![Jin Soon Choi for How I Get It Done, The Cut](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/jin.webp)
- ![Marc Jacobs for The Cut](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/marc-jacobs-3-samantha-hahn.webp)
- ![Lauren Santo Domingo and Chioma Nnadi for the Vogue 100 and Moda Operandi fashion week event invitation](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/lauren-santo-domingo-and-chioma-nnadi-portrait.webp)
- ![Julia Fox](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/julia-fox.webp)
- ![Kimberly Drew for The Cut, selected for American Illustration](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/kimberly-drew.webp)
- ![LaTonya Yvette for Carrying On, The Cut](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/latonya-yvette1.webp)
- ![Catherine Deneuve for Milk X](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/catherine-deneuve-samantha-hahn.webp)
- ![Rei Kawakubo for the Style Legends exhibit in Hong Kong and Milk X](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/rei-kawakubo.webp)
- ![Christine Muhlke](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/christine-muhlke-revised.webp)
- ![Scarlett Johansson for The Telegraph](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/scarlett.webp)
- ![Penélope Cruz for The Telegraph](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/penelope.webp)
- ![Miley Cyrus](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/team-miley.webp)
- ![Coco Chanel for Milk X](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/coco-chanel-samantha-hahn.webp)
- ![Diane von Furstenberg](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/dvf.webp)
- ![Bill Cunningham](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/bill-cunningham-nyx.webp)
- ![Kamala Harris](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/kamala4.webp)
- ![Donald Trump](https://samanthahahn.com/images/portraits/voldamort-1.webp)

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