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Commission · from a photograph

Your photograph, painted in oil.

Send the photo, choose a size and pay securely. We check the photo within one working day, and if it won't make a good painting you get a full refund.

Start here

Attach the photo, make three choices, pay. We check the photo within one working day — if it won't make a good painting, you get a full refund.

01 · The photograph

Start with the photo.

02 · What's in it

Who are we painting?

Who's in it?

People or pets. +£35$49€39CA$69A$69NZ$79CHF 39SEK 449NOK 449DKK 299PLN 179 each after the first on the size you pick below. They don't have to be in the same photo.

1 subject
03 · Size

How big should it be?

Not sure? 16 × 20″ suits a single portrait; 24 × 36″ for a family. Unframed — frame it to your taste at home.

£220$299€259CA$409A$409NZ$509CHF 239SEK 2,849NOK 2,749DKK 1,899PLN 1,10912 × 16″ · 1 person or pet · delivery included

What you get

The photograph, and the painting.

£220$299€259CA$409A$409NZ$509CHF 239SEK 2,849NOK 2,749DKK 1,899PLN 1,109— a 12 × 16″, unframed, with delivery included worldwide. Up to £549$739€639CA$1,029A$1,029NZ$1,279CHF 599SEK 7,149NOK 6,899DKK 4,799PLN 2,759 for a 36 × 48″, plus from £35$49€39CA$69A$69NZ$79CHF 39SEK 449NOK 449DKK 299PLN 179 per extra person or pet, depending on the canvas.

The reference photograph of a dog, before painting
The same dog hand-painted in oil on canvas
Your photoYour painting

Photograph and finished oil. Drag the handle, or use the arrow keys, to compare.

The plain facts

  • Painted by hand in real oil on canvas by professional portrait artists, with fine brushes in a smooth realist technique. Not printed, not a canvas transfer, not generated.
  • Six canvas sizes, from 12 × 16″ at £220$299€259CA$409A$409NZ$509CHF 239SEK 2,849NOK 2,749DKK 1,899PLN 1,109 to 36 × 48″ at £549$739€639CA$1,029A$1,029NZ$1,279CHF 599SEK 7,149NOK 6,899DKK 4,799PLN 2,759. One person or pet is included in every price; each extra is from £35$49€39CA$69A$69NZ$79CHF 39SEK 449NOK 449DKK 299PLN 179, depending on the canvas.
  • About three to four weeks to paint, plus delivery. Delivered worldwide, and delivery is included in the price; any import duty charged by the destination country is the buyer's.
  • A person checks your photograph within one working day of your order. If it won't make a good painting, you can send another or have a full refund.
  • You get a photograph of your actual canvas before it ships, and nothing ships until you've approved it. If something is wrong, it goes back to the painter.
  • Arrives unframed, rolled in a tube, ready for any framer near you to stretch and frame.
Sizes & prices

Everything costs what it says here

Hand-painted oil on canvas, unframed, delivery included worldwide. One subject is included in every price; each extra person or pet is from £35$49€39CA$69A$69NZ$79CHF 39SEK 449NOK 449DKK 299PLN 179, depending on the canvas, shown in the column on the right of the table.

Commission prices by canvas size, and the cost of each subject after the first
CanvasPriceExtra subject
12 × 16"£220$299€259CA$409A$409NZ$509CHF 239SEK 2,849NOK 2,749DKK 1,899PLN 1,109£35$49€39CA$69A$69NZ$79CHF 39SEK 449NOK 449DKK 299PLN 179
16 × 20"£275$369€319CA$509A$519NZ$639CHF 299SEK 3,599NOK 3,449DKK 2,399PLN 1,379£35$49€39CA$69A$69NZ$79CHF 39SEK 449NOK 449DKK 299PLN 179
20 × 24"£330$449€389CA$619A$619NZ$769CHF 359SEK 4,299NOK 4,149DKK 2,849PLN 1,659£35$49€39CA$69A$69NZ$79CHF 39SEK 449NOK 449DKK 299PLN 179
24 × 36"£449$609€519CA$839A$849NZ$1,039CHF 489SEK 5,849NOK 5,649DKK 3,899PLN 2,259£55$79€69CA$99A$99NZ$129CHF 59SEK 699NOK 699DKK 499PLN 279
30 × 40"£489$659€569CA$909A$919NZ$1,139CHF 539SEK 6,399NOK 6,149DKK 4,249PLN 2,459£69$89€79CA$129A$129NZ$159CHF 79SEK 899NOK 849DKK 599PLN 349
36 × 48"£549$739€639CA$1,029A$1,029NZ$1,279CHF 599SEK 7,149NOK 6,899DKK 4,799PLN 2,759£79$109€89CA$149A$149NZ$179CHF 89SEK 1,049NOK 999DKK 699PLN 399

Delivery is included in every price above, wherever in the world you are, and changes to the photograph — a new background, something left out — do not change what it costs.

Starting from an old photo?

If it's torn, creased or faded, we can restore it first, free, and you'll see the preview before deciding anything. The painting can then be made from the restored version.

Restore my photo free
How it works

Four steps, and one of them is yours

Step 1: Send the photo

Phone snaps are fine. Pick a size, attach it and pay securely — delivery is included.

Step 2: We check it

Within one working day. If it won't make a good painting, we tell you straight away — send another, or get a full refund.

Step 3: We paint it

By hand, in oil, by a professional artist. When it's finished, we photograph it and send you the picture.

Step 4: You approve it

Nothing ships until you've seen a photograph of the finished painting and said yes. If it isn't right, we keep painting.