Custom Paintings & Pet Portraits

Commissions · 2026–2027

One painting a month.

That's the whole business. I have a day job and a basement studio, which works out to twelve comissioned canvases a year.

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

Not a studio shot. Someone's living room, with their furniture in it.

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. Five minutes.

02

I say yes or no Within three days. I say no when I don't think I'd do it well. That saves us both a bad year.

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 crated.

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

RevisionsNone

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

RevisionsOne, at sketch

IncludesFrame, EU shipping

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

RevisionsOne, at sketch

IncludesFrame, crate, shipping, film

1 a year

Paying for it

Nothing is charged until I've read the brief and said yes. The booking fee pays for the sketch and holds the slot — it comes off the total.

If you don't like the sketch and want out, you're out. You keep the sketch, I keep the booking fee, and nobody has spent six weeks being polite about it.

When	Portrait	Statement
Booking + sketch	€300	€500
Sketch approved	€1,050	€2,000
Before it ships	€1,050	€2,000

Observation is paid in full up front.

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.

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