The porch light, the maple, the number by the door — painted as the house you know, not a house like it. A person checks the proof against your photo before it prints.
A house sits well in an entryway or over a sideboard. For a wide lot, the same sizes turn on their side — 24 × 36 becomes 36 × 24.
Six ways to paint the same photo — try them free before you choose.
HeirloomWarm, classical, your own room kept — like it has hung there for years
GardenDappled light and loose dabs of pure colourAlso in Palette Knife · Modern.
Straight-on from the sidewalk, morning or late afternoon with the sun behind you, no cars in the driveway if you can help it. A listing photo works. So does a scan of an old print — we work from what you have.
Yes, from any photo of it. Old, small or faded photos usually work at 8 × 10 to 16 × 20; tell us what mattered — the porch swing, the tree — in the note when you upload.
Yes, one at a time or by the dozen, with the proof going to you and no price on the packing slip. Email hello@afrodie.com for a standing discount code.
Yes. Upload a photo with everyone on the steps, or the house alone — you choose the version in the studio before you pay.
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.