This 16" x 20" abstract oil was commissioned for my client's dining room.  After going to her home and discussing ideas for the abstract she wanted, we decided on something that should vaguely look like a martini glass with a swizzle stick and olive.  I photographed  her dining room so I could match the wall color.   Success!  The color matched her walls exactly!

      

This commissioned oil, called "Karen's Lily Pond", was painted for my client's bedroom above her bed.  It is painted on a 48" x 36" stretched, gallery wrapped canvas.   This painting is available as a Giclee print on stretched canvas.

          
Daylilies:  Original Oil on 24" x 30" Gallery Wrapped Canvases

I was asked to paint something for my clients that would fill up their large, lofted wall in their living room.    However, my clients didn't really know what they wanted.  Initially they wanted a mural, but since they live in Pennsylvania and I live in South Carolina, I was not able to spend the weeks it would take to paint a mural for them.    I suggested a series of large, gallery wrapped paintings instead, which they liked.  Since they didn't know what they wanted as far as a subject matter, I went to their home and took photographs of their furniture and other favorite paintings for inspiration.    I also measured their wall where the paintings would go.  After bouncing ideas around with them, it was agreed that flowers would be the theme in the colors of their living room and it would be in oil. I then went home, studied my floral books and found that Daylilies would work perfectly with their colors.  I sketched in colored pencil  3 separate designs, shapes and sizes for them to choose from and emailed them to my clients.  They chose the above size and designs.  The paintings extend on all 4 sides of the gallery wrapped canvas.  I'm happy to say they loved them!

My client and I toast
   the completion of the mural!

Designer Commission Painting Prices Though commissioned designer paintings are all unique, I charge by the size of the painting (and number of hours it will take me to finish).  As a rule of thumb,  my charges are as follows (the price is the same for oil or water color.  Wall murals are negotiated on case by case project.)  11" x 14"    $500  16" x  20"      $1,040 20" x  24"      $1,560 24" x  30"       $2,340  24" x  36"     $2,808 30" x 40"      $3,900 36" x 48"       $5,616 40" x 60:     $7,800 48" x 48"    $7,488 48" x 72"     $11,232 All fees include consultation, visiting the client's home (unless otherwise negotiated), photographs and sketches.  Sketches are provided to the client for agreement/approval to proceed with original painting.  All commissions are satisfaction guaranteed.  A 25% non-refundable deposit is required upon agreement to begin painting.  Taxes are charged  in all South Carolina paintings.           Note cards of the portrait are included in the price..   An additional $100 per 1st extra subject is charged, $50 for each additional subject..  A $100 deposit is required (non-refundable).  All major credit cards are accepted.  Framing and extra prints of portraits are available upon request. These charges include consultation with client, visiting the client's home (unless otherwise negotiated)   , photographs and sketches.   Sketches are provided to client for agreed approval to proceed with painting.   A non-refundable 25% deposit is required.   All paintings commissioned are guaranteed satisfaction.

This mural was commissioned for a client who had lived a few years in Italy and wanted a scene from the Amalfi coast on her kitchen wall.  The wall size was 12' x 8' and had a heating vent, a temperature gauge and electrical outlets on the wall in places where she couldn't hang a painting or do much else with it.  She wanted to feel like she was sitting on a terrace in her kitchen looking out on the Adriatic sea.  She came up with the picture she wanted me to paint and this is the result.  Can you see the air vent and temperature gauge?