I designed this site to make the process of commissioning
a hand painted, personal work of art for you much easier than
would normally be the case. It will allow us to forego the difficulties
inherent in scheduling the usual in-person client/artist meetings.
While a figurative artist prefers at least some life sessions with the subject,
we all live in a world where it most often isn't feasible. The mechanisms
of this site will provide us with the means to exchange information
and images online as well as if we were meeting in person,
resulting in a work of art you will be proud to own or present as a gift.
| The following pages will show you, step by step, how you can commission an affordable, original oil portrait, hand painted in my studio. Once you have chosen a few photos of your subject, we can share those images through a specially-designed online form (CONTACT ME). Nothing that passes between us will be seen by the general public visiting my site. All you will need is ... an email address and the means to create reasonably clear scans of your photos. Those scans and your comments can be loaded right into the contact form. You will receive my replies and notices of any website postings (a glimpse of your portrait in progress, sketches, pertinent documents, etc.) through your email. If you decide to commission a portrait, your acceptance of the project can also be done online with a simple click of a button on our CUSTOM PORTRAIT AGREEMENT form which condenses the details of our discussions and formalizes our mutual investment in the project. Even your payments can be made through a link to my PayPal account. So, other than the actual painting and mailing of the portrait, we should be able do everything else online! |
To get you started, click on the "Gallery" link below. These are photos of some of the portraits
(and figurative fine art) I've done. It will provide you with a good overview of the particular type
of portraiture in which I specialize. You'll notice right away that all the subjects are painted in the context
of an environment which is obviously familiar to them. This inevitably leads to a candid view of the subject,
revealing their personality as well as their likeness. Welcome!