Portrait Painting Blog

In many companies, retiring executives and partners are honored with a portrait painting.  We offer a custom executive portrait painting service.

Due to today’s technology, there is no need to spend hours sitting for a custom oil painting.  All we need is a photo of the CEO or president and we can turn it into an oil painting.  A CEO painting is an affordable way commemorate an important member of your company.

An executive portrait starts at only $179.  You can view complete pricing information on our website.

I’m a big fan of Chuck – an NBC drama.  I’m not going to bore you with the premise of the show.

While watching the show on Monday, I spotted a framed portrait on the wall that looks like a portrait painting.  I’ve posted an image of the framed portrait below.  You be the judge.

Some people are more visual and others.  Often, we have customers that have a hard time understanding exactly what we do by reading our website.  So, we decided to create a video that explains what we do in a little more detail.  The video explains how we turn a photo into a painting.

This two minute video should answer the most common questions we receive.  If you watch the video and still have questions, please visit our main Portrait Painting website.

We recently completed this 24″  x 36″ oil painting.

The original photo was taken at Stone Mountain in Georgia.

Original Photo

Oil Painting

20″ x 24″ – Oil Painting on Canvas

We just completed turning the photo below into a painting.  Although the original photo was a little dark, our artist was still able to product a beautiful portrait.

The first photo is the original photo of Isabelle and the second photo is of the painting.

A week ago, I announced Portrait Painting would be offering a President Barack Obama oil painting.

Today, I’m pleased to announce we’ve launched the Barack Obama oil painting website.  We will be offering several sizes of the portrait.  Below, I’ve posted a picture of an oil painting of Barack Obama completed by one of our artists.

We are so excited to offer this painting to the public.  If you have any questions or if you want to order, just visit the website.

Andrew Wyeth, one of the most famous living American artists, died today at the age of 91.

Christina’s World, below, is one of his most famous paintings.  He will be missed in the art world.

An interesting paragraph from his obituary in the Washington Post is below.

In the 1980s, Mr. Wyeth was the subject of an intense media spotlight for his “Helga” series of 45 paintings and 200 sketches. These pictures, many of them nudes, were the product of hundreds of modeling sessions with a Chadds Ford neighbor, Helga Testorf, over a 15-year period. No one else, not even Mr. Wyeth’s wife, had previously known about them, and their disclosure to the public was arguably the art event of the decade.

Barack Obama’s official portrait was released yesterday.  The photo was taken by the new official White House photographer Peter Souza, and this was the first presidential portrait taken on a digital camera.

This portrait will be soon be displayed in thousands of federal offices, hundreds of embassies, and military installations around the world.

Since we are Portrait Painting, we can turn Barack Obama’s official portrait into a painting.  One of our artists has alread started turning the photo into a painting so we should have an example in the next week or two.

UPDATE: We have just launched a website dedicated to our Barack Obama Oil Painting service.

Pricing:
A 16″ x 20″ Barack Obama oil painting will start at $179.  You can view pricing on our website.  The Obama painting qualifies as 1 Figure.

Ordering:
Visit our order page.  To order the Obama painting, select the size you want, framing, and select 1 figure.  At the bottom of the ordering page, it will ask you “How would you prefer to send your photo?”  Select “Send by Email”.  On the next screen in the comment section, just mention “Obama painting”.  After that, just complete the order by entering in your payment and address information.

Delivery:
Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery.

Questions:
If you have any questions, comments, special request, or if you would like to order several painting, please contact us.

This is the most recent landscape painting we’ve completed.  Below, you will find the original photo, and below that is the oil painting.  Yes, this is an oil painting.

The photo was taken in Utah.

The most expensive painting ever sold was done by Jackson Pollock.  It was titled No. 5 and was sold in 2006 by David Geffen.  The buyer was David Martinez.

We’ve compiled a list of resources below that list the most expensive paintings ever sold.

List of most expensive paintings – Wikipedia

Top Ten (10) Most Expensive Paintings Of All Time w. Pics – Karemar

Top 10 Most Expensive Paintings Ever – Chiff