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comissions |
I am available to do commissioned paintings based on your ideas to create a stylized unique interpretation. Commissioned paintings require 1/2 payment before starting. The times for completion can range between 1 month and even over 6 months so your patience is sometimes required as well.
Basic steps in having a commission artwork done;
- email me and let me know your ideas
- attach photos to email
- I'll reply with some more information
- 1/2 payment can be sent after painting is agreed to
- I'll show you finished photo and send paypal invoice
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Examples of past acrylic commissions
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2009.oct.9 - Large "Tiki" inspired symbolic landscape painting |
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This painting is sized 28" x 42" so is quite large for what I usually paint. The originating idea stems from what could be called Tiki art from the 1950's which was (in my opinion) a westernized fantasy art based on what society was like in various pacific islands in the past. The whole idea of that art seems to be more of a cliche and misguided tourist concept than a reality of any culture.
I just started with that basic idea but invented by own little culture of people inhabiting this land. This land scape is actually more of a psychological dreamscape than a representation of a real world. There is a lot of symbolism much of which represents the differences between dualism and freedom from being 'trapped' within dualism (could be called nirvana, moshka, cosmic consciousness, Christ consciousness, etc).
A major idea visible in the full photo is the idea of the chakras or apparent energy centres of the body. This is represented by the line of symbols running from the water scorpion, through the snake handler (Ophiuchus or the Greek's Asclepius - the healer), through the boat (travelling towards the island - the boat could be the Argo of the Greek's Jason voyaging to acquire the Golden Fleece - Heracles would be one of the crew), onto the island with temple and small door topped by the pine tree which I mean to represent the pineal gland within the brain. This small gland named pineal after a similarity to the pine cone is seen by many (although apparently not many scientists) as the causation of mystical experience and shown as the third eye and even the cobra on the forehead of ancient Egyptian images. It is also interesting that even the Vatican has a large prominent statue of a pine cone in the Court of the Pinecone. Today, Papal staves have pinecone motiffs and much older Greek cervings show similar pinecone motiffs. It makes me wonder if this symbol represents a similar thing within various religions over a span of millenia - although I have no definite proof yet suggesting this is true or false.
The pineal gland appears (according to some research but not supported by all people) to produce the substance DMT (dimethyltryptamine) which some research suggests is the cause of spontaneous "mystical experience" (often induced during great stress or injury and in near-death experiences) or the eventual experience of nirvana (or other term) within various Asian meditative philosophies (although this activation can be a biproduct of practices within western religion). Strangely enough, DMT is labelled a "schedule 1" drug by most nations which is a bit of a perdicament since we all are producing it within our own brains!
The philosopher Rene Descartes considered the pineal gland of great importance and called it the "seat of the soul". Other symbolist research by John Anthony West into ancient Egypt suggest they also considered it of prime importance (although this is not supported by official Egyptology - although some argue that official Egyptology is repressivly behind the times)
The ten close-up photos have more text description revealing much of the symbolism of the painting.
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Three-paneled landscape (click thumbnails for larger pop-up photos) |
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concept |
The rightmost panel of this was an already complete square painting which someone had liked by they said they wished it was a larger scene. I then got the idea that it would be interesting to extend this scene towards the left. So I make these two rough designs in graphics software and made the other two panels to complete the trio. |
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left panel |
Here is the leftmost panel which shows city buildings, a lighthouse and some traffic leaving the city underneath the moon |
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centre panel |
The central panel brings the traffic from the bridge onto the central island. A man walking with a horse points toward the right edge whilst the hose looks back to the direction of the city. A house atop the hill creates a meandering snake of smoke. |
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right panel |
Undeneath the warm red Sun, a small island of primal people live underneath a tree ... prhaps they await the boat heading their way.
This was the original painting from which the other two were inspired. |
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finished triptych |
The assembled arrangement of all three panels shows the complete landscape.
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| Price guide for acrylic on canvas paintings |
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Prices for acrylics on canvas can vary in size, time involved and complexity so I'll leave it up to the person to contact me with their ideas. I will reply with a price estimate.
Prices for the acrylic on canvas paintings are more than for the watercolour & ink on paper paintings and can start at around $400 US for a 16" x 20" sized painting.
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