Commissioned Work

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Description

Commissioned work is created through a dialog and a collaboration between you and me. Ideas can come from family photographs, places, pets, objects, or whatever your imagination moves you to. Typically, the subject matter will use a photographic reference as the starting point, but colors, backgrounds, degrees of abstraction can all be adjusted. After an initial consultation, I will provide sketches or mock-up of the artwork to get to an agreed starting point for the painting. The size of the painting and the painting medium is up to you - typically oil paintings will be longer to complete and more expensive than the equivalent sized painting in acrylics. The size of the commissioned work will be the driving factor in the price.

Like original works, the comssioned piece will be painted on custom-sized 0.5” or 0.75” high-quality birch plywood, primed with Michael Harding Non-absorbent Acrylic Primer. The acrylic paints used, are selected from: Winsor & Newton Professional Acrylic range, Golden Artist Acrylics or Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics. Or, if painted in oils, they will typically be Winsor & Newton Artisan Water-Mixable Oil Colours or Michael Harding Artists Oil Colours with a range of thinners and oil painting mediums. The commissioned work will be finished and varnished with a high quality picture varnish.

At your preference, a commissioned work will be framed with a hand-made frame. Smaller pieces would be framed in a ‘floater’ frame. For larger pieces, they will be framed with a “St Ives frame" or "Nicholson frame" finished in a white satin finish. Although framing options will also be at the discretion of the person commissioning the artwork. 

Pricing

Guidance prices for commissioned artworks will be determined by the size of the painting:

  • A small painting (8”x8”) in acrylic would be priced at $700 (framed)

  • A medium-sized painting (12”x16”) in acrylic would be priced at $1,100 (framed)

  • A larger painting (16”x24”) in acrylic would be priced at $1,500 (framed)

These prices do not include applicable taxes or postage and packing.

A commissioned artwork would be completed within 3-4 months of agreement on the scope and materials. Once agreed, a 20% non-refundable deposit will be paid and the balance due upon delivery.

Please inquire about UK prices.