Commission Guide
Your Story. Your Place. Created by Hand.
A commission catalog for custom artwork developed to integrate with residential, commercial, and hospitality interiors.
Commissioning an original painting is an opportunity to preserve something that already holds meaning.
A place you return to. A wedding day. Someone you love. A landscape connected to your family. A destination that changed the way you see the world.
CLR Creations accepts a limited number of commissions each year, including Personal Cartography, Engagement & Wedding Portraits, Newborn & Family Portraits, Memorial & Legacy Portraits, and Hospitality & Trade projects.
Every commission is individually created by hand and shaped through conversation, research, photographs, geography, memories, and the details that make your story distinctly yours.
2026 - 2027 commission bookings are now open.
Interior Design | Hotels & Resorts | Offices | Murals | Windows | Private Collectors | Heirlooms
Interior Design | Hotels & Resorts | Offices | Murals | Windows | Private Collectors | Heirlooms
Choosing Your Size & Material
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CLR Creations commissions are created using professional, archival-quality materials selected for their stability, longevity, and individual character.
Archival Oil Paper
A heavyweight fine-art surface designed specifically for oil painting. Oil paper offers an intimate, works-on-paper presentation with a subtle surface texture and is intended to be professionally framed. Best suited for Small and select Medium commissions.Archival ACM Panel
A smooth, rigid aluminum composite panel designed for long-term stability. Its clean surface allows for precise lines, subtle transitions, layered texture, and fine detail, making it particularly well suited to both portraiture and Personal Cartography.Oil-Primed Linen
A traditional fine-art painting surface with a refined natural weave. Linen provides subtle texture beneath the paint and responds beautifully to layered color and visible brushwork. It is an excellent choice for collectors who prefer the character and presence of a traditional painting surface.Birchwood Panel
A substantial rigid surface with natural warmth and character. Depending on the composition, portions of the wood grain may remain visible and become part of the finished painting. Birchwood works especially well when a more organic or tactile quality complements the subject. -
Each surface creates a slightly different presentation, but there is no single “best” choice.
Choose Archival Oil Paper for an intimate work that will be professionally framed; ACM Panel for a smooth, contemporary surface and excellent stability; Oil-Primed Linen for traditional texture and painterly character; or Birchwood Panel for warmth, rigidity, and a more natural presence.
You do not need to make this decision alone. Material selection can be discussed during your consultation, and I can recommend the surface best suited to your subject, size, painting style, and intended display.
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Small | 9" × 12"–11" × 14"
An intimate scale suited to individual portraits, newborns, single locations, landmarks, and focused compositions.Medium | 12" × 18"–18" × 24"
Provides additional room for couples, environmental portraiture, geographic details, waterways, architecture, and more developed compositions.Large | 24" × 30"–30" × 40"
A statement scale suited to family and wedding portraits, expansive landscapes, complex geography, multiple connected locations, and compositions where the surrounding environment plays an important role.Gallery | 36" × 36" and larger
Large-scale works created for significant personal narratives and spaces where the artwork is intended to have a substantial visual presence. Gallery commissions are particularly suited to larger residences, hospitality, corporate, and commercial environments. -
No. Material availability depends on the dimensions, composition, medium, and structural requirements of the individual artwork.
Archival Oil Paper is generally available for Small and select Medium works. ACM Panel, Oil-Primed Linen, and Birchwood Panel are available across a broader range of sizes, subject to the requirements of the individual commission.
Large and Gallery works may require custom supports, construction, crating, or installation. These details are discussed and confirmed before the commission agreement is signed.
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Yes. The listed size ranges provide a starting point rather than limiting commissions to standard dimensions.
A custom size may be appropriate for a particular wall, architectural space, panoramic landscape, portrait composition, or geographic area. If you have a specific space in mind, you are welcome to provide wall measurements and photographs during your consultation.
Custom and Gallery dimensions are individually quoted.
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Framing is not included in the base commission price unless specifically stated in your commission proposal.
Works on Archival Oil Paper require professional framing for proper presentation and protection. ACM, Oil-Primed Linen, and Birchwood works may be displayed framed or unframed depending on their construction, scale, and your preferred presentation.
Framing recommendations can be discussed during the commission process. Any framing, specialty crating, freight, white-glove delivery, or installation costs will be clearly communicated and approved before being added to your commission.
Which Commission Is Right for You?
Commission an original painting of a place that has become part of your life.
Personal Cartography transforms meaningful geography into abstract, map-inspired artwork. A childhood neighborhood. The city where you met. A coastline returned to each summer. A honeymoon destination. A family property. A route traveled repeatedly. Or several places connected across years.
Each commission begins with the geography itself, then moves beyond the map. I research the location and consider its roads, waterways, boundaries, architecture, landscape, history, and other details that give the place its character. Through color, texture, line, and abstraction, that geography becomes something personal.
The finished painting is not intended to reproduce a conventional map. It is an interpretation of where your life unfolded and what remains of that place in memory.
Materials
Choose from:
Archival Oil Paper: An intimate, heavyweight oil-painting surface intended for professional framing.
Archival ACM Panel: A smooth, rigid and highly stable surface with a contemporary presentation.
Oil-Primed Linen: A traditional fine-art surface with subtle texture, particularly suited to expressive brushwork.
Birchwood Panel: A substantial rigid surface with a warm, tactile character.
Oil or acrylic paint is selected according to the surface and desired character of the painting. Available materials vary by size.
Sizes
Small: 9" × 12" to 11" × 14"
An intimate study of one meaningful place. Ideal for a neighborhood, property, coastline, landmark, or destinatio.
Medium: 12" × 18" to 18" × 24"
Offers more room for geographic detail, interconnected landmarks, waterways, roads, and the character of the surrounding landscape.
Large: 24" × 30" to 30" × 40"
Designed for more expansive compositions, complex geography, multiple connected locations, or a place explored through greater depth and detail.
Gallery: 36" × 36"+
Large-scale statement works created for significant personal narratives, expansive geography, and residential, hospitality, or commercial spaces.
Pricing & Consultation
The listed price reflects a 50% deposit toward your commission. Final pricing is based on the selected size, material, and composition and will be confirmed during your consultation before the commission agreement is signed.
Multiple subjects, complex settings, extensive detail, specialty materials, or significant reconstruction from several photographs may require an additional fee.
Any adjustment is discussed and approved before your commission agreement is signed and before painting begins. You may approve the revised price, adjust the concept to remain within your original budget, or request a refund before signing the agreement.
How It Works
1. Reserve — Select your size, material, and payment option.
2. Share — Send several high-resolution photographs and tell me about the people and moment you would like preserved.
3. Consult — Within 24–48 hours, I will reach out to begin the collaboration process. We will discuss setting, color, atmosphere, materials, and meaningful details.
4. Approve — I’ll confirm the final scope, price, and timeline. Your commission begins after the agreement is signed.
5. Create — Your cartography is painted individually by hand, with progress images shared at key stages.
6. Deliver — Once complete and sufficiently cured, your painting is carefully prepared for delivery.
Timeline
Allow approximately 10–12 weeks from signing the commission agreement, including approximately 10–12 weeks for painting and 2–8 business days for shipping.
Oil paintings may require additional drying time. Larger or more complex commissions may require longer. For weddings, anniversaries, holidays, or other time-sensitive gifts, please reserve early.
Photography
Clients are responsible for providing photographs they own or have permission to use. Professional wedding, engagement, or newborn photography may require permission from the photographer.
Shipping
Small and medium works are generally shipped flat and protected. Large works may require custom crating, freight, white-glove delivery, or installation. Additional delivery costs are quoted when applicable.
Commission Policy
Because each landscape is made specifically for you, commissions cannot be returned or exchanged once the agreement has been signed and painting has begun.
Before signing, you may adjust the scope, approve any price adjustment, or request a refund.
Reserve Your Personal Cartography
Some places become more than coordinates on a map. They hold the roads we traveled, the landscapes we remember, and the moments that unfolded there. A Personal Cartography commission transforms that geography into an original work of art, preserving a place that has become part of your story.
Frame not included. Shipping, specialty crating, and installation may be quoted separately when applicable.
CLR Creations accepts a limited number of portrait commissions each year, specializing in engagements, weddings, newborns, and family milestones.
Each portrait is individually painted from your photographs and developed through conversation and artistic interpretation. Rather than simply reproducing a photograph, the goal is to preserve the people, atmosphere, setting, and details that make the moment meaningful.
Engagement & Wedding Portraits: Transform a favorite photograph into an original painting. Portraits may focus closely on the couple or incorporate the landscape, architecture, florals, light, and other details surrounding the day.
Newborn & Family Portraits: Preserve a fleeting season through an intimate portrait of a newborn, child, or family. These works are created as contemporary heirlooms intended to remain within the family for generations.
Materials
Choose from:
Archival Oil Paper: An intimate, heavyweight oil-painting surface intended for professional framing.
Archival ACM Panel: A smooth, rigid and highly stable surface with a contemporary presentation.
Oil-Primed Linen: A traditional fine-art surface with subtle texture, particularly suited to portraiture and expressive brushwork.
Birchwood Panel: A substantial rigid surface with a warm, tactile character.
Oil or acrylic paint is selected according to the surface and desired character of the painting. Available materials vary by size.
Sizes
Small: 9" × 12" to 11" × 14"
Newborns, single subjects, and intimate compositions.
Medium: 12" × 18" to 18" × 24"
Couples, parent and child, and portraits incorporating more of the setting.
Large: 24" × 30" to 30" × 40"
Wedding, family, and statement portraits.
Gallery: 36" × 36"+
Large-scale heirloom and portrait-landscape compositions.
Pricing & Consultation
The listed price reflects a 50% deposit toward your commission. Final pricing is based on the selected size, material, and composition and will be confirmed during your consultation before the commission agreement is signed.
Multiple subjects, complex settings, extensive detail, specialty materials, or significant reconstruction from several photographs may require an additional fee.
Any adjustment is discussed and approved before your commission agreement is signed and before painting begins. You may approve the revised price, adjust the concept to remain within your original budget, or request a refund before signing the agreement.
How It Works
1. Reserve — Select your size, material, and payment option.
2. Share — Send several high-resolution photographs and tell me about the people and moment you would like preserved.
3. Consult — Within 24–48 hours, I will reach out to begin the collaboration process. We will discuss setting, color, atmosphere, materials, and meaningful details.
4. Approve — I’ll confirm the final scope, price, and timeline. Your commission begins after the agreement is signed.
5. Create — Your portrait is painted individually by hand, with progress images shared at key stages.
6. Deliver — Once complete and sufficiently cured, your painting is carefully prepared for delivery.
Timeline
Allow approximately 10–12 weeks from signing the commission agreement, including approximately 10–12 weeks for painting and 2–8 business days for shipping.
Oil paintings may require additional drying time. Larger or more complex commissions may require longer. For weddings, anniversaries, holidays, or other time-sensitive gifts, please reserve early.
Photography
Clients are responsible for providing photographs they own or have permission to use. Professional wedding, engagement, or newborn photography may require permission from the photographer.
Shipping
Small and medium works are generally shipped flat and protected. Large works may require custom crating, freight, white-glove delivery, or installation. Additional delivery costs are quoted when applicable.
Commission Policy
Because each portrait is made specifically for you, commissions cannot be returned or exchanged once the agreement has been signed and painting has begun.
Before signing, you may adjust the scope, approve any price adjustment, or request a refund.
Reserve Your Portrait
Engagements become anniversaries. Wedding days become family histories. Newborns carry on legacies.
Transform a meaningful photograph into an original painting created by hand and made to remain within your family for generations.
Frame not included. Shipping, specialty crating, and installation may be quoted separately when applicable.
Private Collectors FAQ
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All commission requests begin with a scheduled consultation. This conversation establishes fit, scope, and intent before any commitment is made.
During the consultation we discuss:
The place or places informing the work
The story, memory, or purpose behind the commission
Intended environment (private residence, hospitality, commercial space)
Desired scale and orientation
Surface options and material considerations
Timeline expectations and installation context
We align on concept, color direction, materials, scale, and emotional tone. This ensures clarity without constraining the work prematurely.
If the project is a fit, a formal proposal and contract are issued following the consultation, and a non-refundable deposit of 50% is due to secure the booking.
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Once booked, the concept is finalized through written agreement, reference discussion, and material selection. This includes:
Final size range
Surface selection
Color palette and material direction
Overall visual density and atmosphere
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The painting process unfolds in stages. Clients receive progress updates at defined checkpoints.
Up to three revision points are included
Revisions are limited to adjustments within the agreed scope
Significant changes or requests beyond scope may incur additional fees
The work is built through layered application, allowing for drying and curing between stages. This timeline cannot be rushed without compromising quality.
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Once the painting is complete, final images are shared for approval. Upon approval, the remaining balance is due before delivery or shipment.
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Artwork is professionally packed and shipped, or delivered locally when applicable. A signed certificate of authenticity is included.
All artwork is shipped insured and professionally packaged.
Canvas works are shipped rolled or stretched depending on size and destination
Panel works are crated or reinforced for transit
Shipping costs are quoted separately and billed to the client
International shipping is available.
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All artwork is shipped insured and professionally packaged.
Canvas works are shipped rolled or stretched depending on size and destination
Panel works are crated or reinforced for transit
Shipping costs are quoted separately and billed to the client
International shipping is available.
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A signed contract is required for all commissions.
Payment structure:
50% deposit due at booking.
After you reserve your commission, we will discuss the artwork’s size, material, composition, references, artistic direction, final price, and estimated timeline. You will have an opportunity to review and approve these details before signing the commission agreement.
If the final scope or price changes during consultation, you may choose to approve the revised price, adjust the scope to remain within your original budget, or request a refund of your deposit before signing the agreement.
Once the commission agreement is signed and work begins, the deposit becomes non-refundable and is applied toward the final cost of the artwork.
Remaining balance due upon final approval and prior to delivery
Shipping costs are quoted separately and billed to the client
If a client cancels after work has begun:
Completed work remains the property of the artist
Time spent will be billed at an hourly rate for work in progress
Late payments may be subject to penalties as outlined in the contract.
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Commission availability is limited and scheduled in advance.
Booking windows are announced periodically. Join the Collectors Club to receive pre-opening notifications.
Turnaround time varies based on size, surface, and complexity
Typical timelines range from 10 to 12 weeks
Rush projects may be accepted on a limited basis and are subject to a 30% rush fee.
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The artist retains full copyright to all commissioned works.
Clients receive:
Ownership of the physical artwork
Permission to display the work in private or commercial settings
Reproduction, licensing, or commercial usage beyond display requires a separate written agreement.
Commercial Partners FAQ
Commercial commissions are designed for hospitality groups, travel and tourism brands, corporate offices, and destination based businesses. Commercial commissions are structured, collaborative, and aligned with brand identity while maintaining artistic authorship. Each project is developed through consultation, concept approval, and milestone based production.
For commercial inquiries, please book a consultation to discuss scope, timeline, and licensing needs.
Key Differences at a Glance
Scope and Scale
Commercial projects often involve larger formats, multiple works, or series developed for specific locations or properties.
Stakeholders
Decisions may involve multiple reviewers such as design teams, brand managers, or ownership groups.
Timeline Coordination
Artwork production must align with construction, renovation, or opening schedules.
Usage and Licensing
Commercial display, marketing photography, and press usage require clearly defined licensing terms.
Risk and Compliance
Shipping, installation, insurance, and damage liability are explicitly addressed.
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Commercial commissions begin with a structured consultation focused on brand and site alignment.
During the consultation we discuss:
Brand values and narrative
Location specific context and audience
Number of works and installation environments
Design and architectural constraints
Durability requirements and surface selection
Timeline dependencies and opening dates
Usage and licensing needs
A site visit or virtual walkthrough may be required for large scale or multi piece projects.
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Following consultation, a written concept proposal is provided outlining:
Conceptual direction and narrative
Color palette and material selections
Quantity, scale, and orientation
Production timeline and milestones
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Commercial projects include structured progress reviews aligned with project milestones.
Up to three revision points, per piece are included
Revisions are limited to scope confirmed in contract
Additional revisions, stakeholder changes, or scope expansion are billed separately
Production timelines account for curing, finishing, and coordination with other vendors.
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Final approval includes high resolution documentation for internal sign off. Installation coordination may involve:
Freight delivery
Crating and white glove handling
Coordination with installers or contractors
Installation services may be arranged directly or through approved vendors.
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Commercial commission pricing begins at $5,000+ and scales based on:
Size and number of works
Materials and durability requirements
Timeline constraints
Licensing and usage needs
Payment terms:
40% non refundable deposit at booking
40% due at mid project milestone
20% due at final approval prior to delivery
After you reserve your commission, we will discuss the artwork’s size, material, composition, references, artistic direction, final price, and estimated timeline. You will have an opportunity to review and approve these details before signing the commission agreement.
If the final scope or price changes during consultation, you may choose to approve the revised price, adjust the scope to remain within your original budget, or request a refund of your deposit before signing the agreement.
Once the commission agreement is signed and work begins, the deposit becomes non-refundable and is applied toward the final cost of the artwork.
Rush projects are subject to a 30% expedited fee.
Late payments are subject to penalties outlined in the contract.
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Commercial clients receive a display license for the physical artwork.
Additional usage requires a separate licensing agreement and fee.
Marketing materials
Website and social media
Press and promotional campaigns
Copyright remains with the artist unless otherwise negotiated in writing.
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Commercial works are shipped insured and professionally packed.
Risk transfers upon delivery unless otherwise specified
Client is responsible for installation and post delivery insurance
Crating and freight costs are quoted separately
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Commercial commissions are accepted on a limited basis and scheduled one-year in advance to ensure quality and attention.
Early inquiry is recommended for projects tied to openings or launches.
Still Have Questions?
Commissioning original art should feel considered and personal. You do not need to arrive with every decision made.
Begin with the part you already know.
The person. The place. The memory. The story.
We can build the painting from there.
2027 commission bookings are now open.