Portraits--Can Sirius come back?

[dmoorehpnc]

No: HPFGUIDX 87326

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Vinnia 
<vinnia_chrysshallie at y...> wrote:
> greatlit2003 wrote: 
> 
> I was wondering why more wizards don't create
> portraits of themselves. Why don't Sirius (and Lily
> and James) have portraits so  that they can be with
> Harry? If Phineas Nigellus and Sirius's mum  can still
> interact with others after death, why can't Sirius do
> the same?
> 
> Vinnia:
> You know, I was thinking about this the other day. I
> also wonder why each person can only have one portrait
> image. I mean, with Phineas (and Dylis Derwent), they
> have 2 frames, but only one image, going back and
> forth.
> 
> Is it possible that wizarding portraits are not
> painted by artist? I mean, those images are actually
> the wizards themselves in another dimension? So, when
> they think that their mission in this world is
> finished, they just jump into the frame, and with some
> enchantment live as a portrait.

 Dmoorehpnc:
My thought is this, the other wizards posed for their pictures. In 
other words they were still alive for their pictures to be painted. 
Maybe James, Lily and Sirius did not take the time to pose for 
portraits.  Also having your portrait painted is both a luxury and a 
great time waster for the person whose portrait is being painted.
Whatever methods and materials wizard artists use to produce artwork 
it would seem that it captures some of the essence of the one who 
poses. I would think it would be similar to the spell Tom Riddle used 
to put himself in the diary in CoS. Anyway who's to say that JKR 
won't spring a portarit of Sirius on us, being from a rich and old 
wizarding family there may be one somewhere in Grimmauld Place.