A custom oil portrait, from your photograph.
Bring one photograph that means something — a person, a pet, a family, a house, a coast — and the studio paints it as a commissioned oil portrait. You choose the brushwork, the palette, and the light; we paint until it belongs on your wall.
Commission this portrait →UV-relief canvas from $89 · Free US shipping · 30-day returns
It begins with your photograph
Any clear image can start a commission: a phone photo from a walk, a wedding picture, a scan of a print from decades ago. The studio reads it for composition, light, and subject, and tells you honestly what will paint well before you commit to anything.
You direct the painting
Brushwork and palette are yours to choose — warm or cool, impasto or tonal, daylight or studio. Three painterly proofs arrive side by side; pick the one you'd hang, refine it, or ask for another set at no charge. Nothing is committed to canvas until you say yes.
Finished as a real painting
The approved proof becomes a physical piece: 380 g/m² acid-free cotton gallery canvas, archival UV pigment rated for a century, hand-applied varnish, and raised UV-relief brushwork up to 1.8 mm that catches the light the way impasto does.
Examples from the studio
Common questions
›What can you paint from a photo?
›How do I commission a custom portrait?
›Is it a real painting or a print?
›How much does a custom oil portrait cost?
›Can you combine several photos into one portrait?
Begin a commission
Start your portrait →Three minutes to first proofs · Usually delivered within 15 business days of approval