Commissions
The commission-based work that I do has developed in response to requests for help in finding "the right painting for the occasion & location"; something unique, symbolic of a time/place/emotion, that can be given with love and treasured thereafter.
I've developed a very collaborative way of working with clients on their commissions to ensure that they really do get what they want. Creating commissions for me is about me understanding the client's vision of the piece of art and what that piece means to them, helping them develop their ideas for the design, and then creating a painting or drawing to deliver that vision and meaning. The satisfaction for me comes when we've finished the work and they say to me "Thankyou, that's wonderful, it's just how I imagined it to be, only better!".
I often work from photographs provided by the client and from photographs I take myself. Some commissions involve extensive research on my part, while others are simply a matter of creating a portrait from a single photograph.
The variety is enormous and it's very exciting!
