The Price
The price, told plainly
No hidden numbers, no fine print. What a painting costs, and when each half is paid.
No. 03 ยท The Price
What a custom oil painting costs
$1,900 to $2,500
Set by size and level of detail. Half when you commission. Half only after you have seen the finished painting in photographs. Shipping additional, quoted before you begin.
[Size guide follows once sizes are set: NEEDS REAL INPUT]
The Split
Two halves, plainly
01
Half now
Your deposit commissions the canvas and reserves your artist. Protected from the moment it is paid.02
See it finished, then the rest
Photographs of the completed painting reach you first. Only then is the remaining half charged.03
Shipping, quoted first
Additional, told to you plainly before you begin, never discovered afterward.No. 04
How a portrait commission works, step by step
Five steps, roughly six weeks, nothing rushed. Nothing more charged until you have seen the painting.
No. 01
Send the photograph
The one you love most. Reviewed before the brush moves.
No. 02
Half now
Fifty percent commissions the canvas and reserves your artist.
No. 03
Two weeks in
A photo of the painting, half done, reaches you.
No. 04
See it finished
Photos of the finished work reach you. Only then, the balance.
No. 05
It comes home
Rolled in a tube. Delivered within six weeks of commission.
Half when you commission. The rest only after you have seen the finished painting in photographs. Paint my memory