Custom Portraits With Soul

Your painting will feel like them — not just look like them.
See how the process works
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Commission Your Dream Painting

Your walls deserve a work of art that feels alive with meaning — not something generic or mass-produced. I create one-of-a-kind paintings that merge the figure, the natural world, and symbolic imagery into something deeply personal.

Whether you're imagining:

A portrait wrapped in celestial or emotional atmosphere
A beloved pet as a mythic or protective presence
A landscape that holds memory, story, or place
(like the orange heat of an African sunset with the cool clarity of Colorado aspens)
Or a surreal, visionary scene pulled from your inner world

We’ll design it together.

I specialize in paintings that are evocative, symbolic, and alive with story.

Your commission can be intimate, wild, quiet, or otherworldly — what matters is that it feels like you.

How the Process Works

1. Vision Session (Included)
We’ll talk through your ideas, memories, references, colors, and emotional tone — even if your vision is abstract or just a feeling. I’ll help shape it into form.

2. Reference Gathering
I may work from live sittings, photographs, or both.
For landscapes + memory-based imagery, I’ll combine reference photos, color studies, and symbolic elements to create a composition that feels like the memory itself — not just a replica.

3. Creation
I build the piece through layers: gesture → atmosphere → depth → detail → emotional finish.

4. Timeline
Watercolors: typically ~2 weeks
Oil paintings: 3–6 months, depending on size and complexity (oil paint dries in layers — the time is what gives it its luminous depth).

Testimonials

More Than Likeness — Portraits With Soul

“When I gave this to my mother, she immediately cried. It felt like her — warm, kind, and full of that big smile everyone knows.”
— Portrait Commission, 2024

“The moment I saw it, I felt that look he gives me — the one where he checks that I’m okay. It wasn’t just a portrait. It was him.”
— Pet Portrait Commission, 2023

“I painted my daughter just after her brother was born — a moment full of tenderness, uncertainty, and new identity. The painting holds that exact feeling: her smallness, her bravery, her becoming a big sister.”
— Artist’s Note

Pricing

Prices vary based on size and complexity. Additional symbolic elements, compositional elements, or visionary expansions are quoted during your Vision Session.