Custom Paintings & Pet Portraits

Commissions

A custom painting?

I have a day job and a basement studio, which works out to around twelve comissioned canvases a year.

Start the briefFree. Nothing is charged until I've said yes.

An example of a commission I can do for you too ❤️

How it works

01

You send the brief A photo of the wall, the size, three of my paintings you like, and when you need it. I'll get back to you within 3 days.

02

50% deposit I'll email you an invoice for a 50% nonrefundable deposit, payable by any means available on my site. For larger works we negotiate separately.

03

Sketch I send one. You approve it, or we change it once. After that the canvas gets started.

04

I paint it Progress photos if you want them, the final photo before it ships. Then it ships, framed and ready to hang.

Three ways to do this

Prices include the frame and shipping inside the EU. Outside the EU, ask — it's usually fine.

Observation

€350

One small painting of one thing. Your pet, a person, a chair, the corner of a room you keep looking at.

Size24 × 30 cm

Time2 weeks

IncludesFrame, EU shipping

PaymentIn full, up front

24 a year

Portrait

€2,400

A full painting built around a person, a family, pets, a place or a story you bring me. The one most people mean when they email.

Size70 × 100 cm

Time6 weeks

IncludesFrame, EU shipping, COA

Payment50% up front

3 a year · 2 open

Statement

€4,500

The big one. Two concept directions instead of one, a call before I start, and a short film of the work being made.

Size120 × 90 cm or larger

Time10 weeks

IncludesFrame, shipping & duties, COA

PaymentIn 3 installments (€500 / €2000 / €2000)

1 a year

What I won't do

Copies of someone else's painting. Including mine, exactly.

Photorealistic pet portraits. My dogs look like my dogs. If you want yours to look like a photograph, I'm the wrong guy and I'll tell you fast.

"The same as that one, but in blue."

Under four weeks. I paint at night, after the other job. Rush jobs come out looking rushed.

Repainting a finished canvas. That's what the sketch stage is for.

Questions people actually ask

Can I see it before I pay the rest?

You get a photo of the finished painting before anything is packed. If something's genuinely wrong, we talk. If you've just changed your mind about the whole idea, that's what the sketch stage was for.

What if it doesn't fit my wall?

Send me the wall photo with something in it for scale — a chair, a door, a person. I'll tell you the size before you commit to one.

Do you work from photos?

Always. You don't have to sit for anything. Bad photos are fine — I'm not copying them.

How long is the wait?

Depends what's already booked. Ask and I'll tell you the real date, not the hopeful one.

Can I give it as a gift?

Yes, and plan on three months, not three weeks. See above re: night job.

Before you write

Five things, and I can answer properly:

1. A photo of the wall or room, with something in it for scale.
2. Rough size you have in mind — or just the wall measurements.
3. Three paintings of mine you like, and one word each on why.
4. What the painting is about. One paragraph is plenty.
5. When you need it, and which package you're looking at.

I answer everything within three days, including the no's.

Country/region