We keep the face exactly as photographed — no smoothing, no slimming, no straightened teeth — and paint it the way a portrait painter would.
A couple or a family hangs at 16 × 20 in a hallway or over a dresser. 8 × 10 lives on a desk or a shelf, next to the photograph it came from.
Six ways to paint the same photo — try them free before you choose.
No. We keep the face as photographed — no smoothing, no slimming, no straightened teeth — and paint over it. The brushwork softens things the way paint does; the person stays the person.
Yes, when every face is clear and roughly the same distance from the camera. For a big group the faces get small on anything under 24 × 36; we'll tell you before you pay.
Yes — the grandparents from one, the kids from another. We put everyone in one scene at the right relative size and you see it before you pay.
The preview is seconds. After you order, the full-resolution proof arrives within about a day; once you approve it, printing and stretching take 7–10 business days, shipped free within the contiguous US.
The first painting is free and takes seconds. No account, no card.
Someone reviews the full-resolution proof and emails it to you. Nothing prints until you approve.
Free, before printing and after delivery. We never ask for custom work back.
Oil-painting portraits made one at a time from your photographs.
Irvine, California.
Heirloom
Garden