Portrait Painting Blog

We always love seeing pictures of our portraits submitted by our customers.  Either a picture of our portrait hung proudly above a fireplace or a picture of a lucky person receiving the portrait as a gift.  The photo below was taken at a wedding reception.  Our customer ordered a custom portrait as an engagement gift for a friend getting married.  The couple loved the portrait so much they decided to display it at their wedding reception.

Arguably, the most famous portrait created in the past few years, is the portrait of comedian Stephen Colbert.  The portrait isn’t even painted, it’s a digital image on canvas.  The portrait was on display at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.  While the portrait was hung at the gallery, it significantly increased attendance at the gallery.

The You can view some more images of the portrait and pictures of visitors at the museum in front of the portrait at Flickr.

Colbert portrait hangs at Smithsonian - USA Today

Image by alykat

One of the most frequent questions we’re asked is… How long does it take to get a painted portrait? The answer – on average, about 4 weeks.

A lot of our customers are under a time crunch because they are giving the portrait as a gift. Most people don’t worry about gifts until a week or two before a special event. Unfortunately, we can’t speed up the process. Putting speed in front of quality is not something we are comfortable doing. You won’t be happy with the result and neither will the person receiving the gift.

So, how can this problem be solved? Well, you can be honest (sort of). You can tell the person receiving the painting that you are getting them something special, that is custom made but took longer than you thought it would. A hand painted portrait is something that is worth the wait. Two or three years from now when that painting is hanging in their living room, they won’t remember it was a few days late, but they will remember who gave it to them.

Many of our customers are real estate agents. Several agents have come back to us several times to have custom portraits done homes they’ve sold.

Most of these portraits are given as gifts when a house is sold. Selling a home can be an emotional experience; receiving such a unique and thoughtful gift from a real estate agent can leave a lasting impression.  Each place a person lives contains memories.  When a person moves into a different house they will be able to remember where they used to live.  Every time they look at the portrait, they will remember some of the memories they had at that house.  They will also remember the real estate agent that gave them the gift.

If you are a real estate agent and looking for a unique gift for your customer, consider a custom house portrait.

We’ll be uploading some of our new painted portraits to our new Flickr account. So, if you want to track our newest paintings, visit our blog or visit our Flickr page.

We’ve decided to launch a blog to showcase our work and communicate with current and future customers.

We’ll be posting stories about our customers and how they’ve used our portrait painting service.

There are amazing stories behind many of the portraits we paint; we’ll be sharing some of those stories with you.

We’ll be sharing some new ideas on how you can use our service. So, check back often. This blog will be evolving over the coming months. If you have suggestions on what we should post, please let us know.