If you’re looking for an original piece of artwork, perhaps I can create a bespoke canvas or framed illustration for you? There are many reasons to commission work, some use it as an opportunity to celebrate a favourite location, illustrate a personal story or mark a special moment in their life… and they are often given as gifts for special occasions.
Below you will find recent examples of commissioned artwork for private individuals.
You can also read my rough guide to the commissioning process here.
Here’s a colourful sunset to take your mind off a grey afternoon. It was created as a commission for a 70th birthday present. Titled ‘Sunset Over St Marys Lighthouse, Whitley Bay‘, it was painted with acrylic and ink on paper, mounted within a thin black 60 x 50cm frame. I’ve […]
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The weather seems to be turning a little warmer, the sun shining a little more often and perhaps we’ll soon be moving from Spring to Summer. That also means we are firmly into wedding season! Over the years it’s become a bit of a tradition to provide an artwork with […]
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I have a straightforward landscape to share with you today, an unabashed colour study of Mt Rigi in Switzerland. It’s a subject you’ll have spotted plenty of times in my recent work! But as with Turner’s famous depictions of the ‘Queen of the Mountains‘ I find different things to work […]
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A painting looking down over the old town of Zug, the lake and the mountain peaks of Pilatus and Rigi. That was the list of requirements for this latest Switzerland commission. A sweeping scope of landscape to try and include on one canvas… but i’m always up for a challenge! […]
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I have a very sweet personal commission to share today, a view of the emerald isle… with this study of Killiney Hill near Dublin. It’s the southernmost of the two hills which form the southern boundary of Dublin Bay. Crowned by an obelisk, the hill is 153 metres high and […]
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The first completed commission of the year saw a return to one of my most requested subjects… Swiss mountains! these canvases were conceived as a new mountain diptych, featuring Mt Rigi and Mt Pilatus. The canvases are both 61 x 61cm and seem to work well as colourful windows to […]
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