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
Which Commission Is Right for You?
A hand-painted map of a place that became part of your story.
CLR Creations accepts a limited number of Abstract Cartography commissions each year for collectors, families, hospitality spaces, and commercial interiors.
Each painting begins with a real place. It may be the city where you met, the coastline you return to every summer, the destination of a meaningful journey, your childhood home, a wedding location, or a landscape that simply feels like yours.
From that geography, I create an original abstract painting that explores not only where the place is, but what it means to you.
The Artwork
Every CLR Creations commission is 100% hand-painted from a blank surface using professional oil or acrylic paints. No printing, digital painting, or photocopying process is used in the finished artwork.
Your painting may incorporate recognizable elements of the location, including coastlines, waterways, roads, neighborhoods, topography, landmarks, or coordinates. These geographic elements become the structure for layers of color, texture, movement, and material inspired by your experience of the place.
The finished work exists somewhere between map, landscape, and memory.
Your Story Shapes the Painting
The commission process begins with conversation.
Along with the location, I want to understand what happened there and what you remember about it. A particular sunset may influence the palette. The blue of the water from a favorite trip may move through the composition. Local plants, architecture, food, history, geology, or cultural traditions may inspire color and texture. A road traveled repeatedly may become an important line within the painting.
For commercial and hospitality commissions, the process can also explore the history, landscape, architecture, community, and identity surrounding the property.
Research is an important part of my practice. Maps, historical references, ecology, photographs, and stories help me understand the character of a location before it is translated into paint.
Throughout the process, you are invited into key moments of collaboration. References and progress images help guide the work while leaving room for artistic interpretation, intuition, and the natural response of the materials.
Materials
Choose from:
Cotton Canvas
Linen Canvas
Birchwood Panel
Each painting is created using professional, archival-quality materials selected for longevity.
Oil or acrylic paint may be used depending upon the desired surface, scale, layering, and character of the commission.
Sizes
Small
9" × 12" to 11" × 14"
An intimate study of a meaningful location, ideal for a favorite destination, hometown, honeymoon, or personal milestone.
Medium
12" × 18" to 18" × 24"
Offers greater space for geographic detail, layered storytelling, and the relationship between landscape and memory.
Large
24" × 30" to 30" × 40"
A statement piece designed to hold a more expansive geography and become a focal point within a home or interior.
Gallery
36" × 36" or larger
Large-scale cartography created for collectors, hospitality environments, commercial interiors, and spaces where the artwork can become part of the architecture itself.
Reserve Your Commission
This listing reserves a place on the CLR Creations commission calendar. It does not represent the full purchase price of the finished painting.
Your reservation begins the collaborative process and is applied toward the final cost of your artwork.
After reserving, you will be invited to share the location you would like painted along with the memories, colors, experiences, photographs, and details that make it meaningful to you.
What Happens Next
1. Reserve your commission.
Secure a place on my painting calendar.
2. Tell me about your place.
Within 24–48 hours, I will reach out to begin the collaboration. You may provide an address, city, state, country, coordinates, map, or another geographic reference.
3. Share the story behind it.
We will discuss your connection to the location, meaningful experiences, preferred colors, landscape features, memories, and any details you would like considered.
4. Establish the artwork.
Together, we will determine the final size, surface, composition, palette, and artistic direction. Final pricing will be confirmed according to the scope of the commission.
5. Your painting begins.
Once the commission details are approved and the required payment is received, I will begin translating your place into an original work of art.
Timeline
Most commissions take approximately 6–8 weeks from execution to delivery.
Painting Time: Approximately 6–7 weeks
Shipping Time: Approximately 2–8 business days
Timelines may vary according to scale, complexity, materials, research requirements, drying time, and the overall scope of the commission.
Large-scale, gallery, hospitality, and commercial projects may require an extended production schedule.
Production & Shipping
Delivery is determined by the size, surface, destination, and installation requirements of the finished artwork.
Small and medium works are generally shipped flat and fully protected.
Larger works on flexible surfaces, including cotton and linen canvas, may be shipped rolled when scale or destination requires it. Final stretching or mounting can then be completed by a professional framer or installer upon arrival.
Birchwood panels are shipped flat with rigid protection. Large-scale panels and architectural works may require custom crating, freight shipping, white-glove delivery, or coordinated installation.
All delivery methods are selected with the protection and long-term preservation of the artwork in mind.
Commission Policy
Every commissioned painting is individually created for the collector. Because of the personalized nature of the work, commissioned artwork is final sale and cannot be returned or exchanged.
Collaboration is an important part of my process. Before painting begins, we will establish the location, scale, surface, palette, and overall artistic direction of the piece. Progress updates are shared at key stages so you can experience the work as it develops.
The final artwork remains an original CLR Creations interpretation of your location and story. Natural variations in color, texture, mark-making, and abstraction are part of what makes each painting unique.
Begin With a Place
Think of somewhere that has stayed with you.
A city you once called home. A coastline you return to each year. The place where you fell in love. A journey that changed you. A landscape connected to your family. A destination that still feels vivid years later.
Reserve your Abstract Cartography commission and transform the geography of a meaningful place into an original painting created around your story.
[Frame not included]
Custom Portrait Commission | Engagements, Weddings & Newborns [Frame Not Included]
A hand-painted heirloom created from your photographs and memories
Hand painted by CLR Creations. 100% GENUINE HAND-PAINTED ART.
Every portrait begins on a blank surface and is painted by hand using professional oil or acrylic paints. No printing, digital painting, or photocopying process is used in the finished artwork.
Created with archival-quality materials, each portrait is intended to become more than a record of how someone looked at a particular moment. It is an heirloom that preserves the people, relationships, places, and seasons of life we carry with us.
Portrait Commissions
CLR Creations accepts a limited number of portrait commissions each year, with a special focus on engagements, weddings, and newborns.
Engagement Portraits
Preserve the beginning of a shared chapter through a painting inspired by your engagement photographs. The setting can become an important part of the composition, allowing the landscape, architecture, season, light, and atmosphere surrounding the proposal to remain part of the story.
Wedding Portraits
Transform a favorite wedding photograph into an original painting created to live beyond the wedding album. Portraits may focus closely on the couple or incorporate the landscape and details surrounding the day, from mountain ranges and coastal horizons to gardens, historic architecture, florals, and evening skies.
Newborn & Family Portraits
The earliest days of a child's life pass quietly and quickly. Newborn portraits preserve this fleeting season through soft color, intimate details, and thoughtful observation. These paintings can celebrate a newborn individually or include parents and siblings, creating an heirloom intended to remain within the family for generations.
The Artistic Process
Portraiture is closely connected to the larger themes within my work: memory, identity, place, experience, and the passage of time.
I am interested in the details that make a memory feel alive. The way evening light settled across a wedding landscape. The expression exchanged between two people. The folds of a dress. A newborn's tiny hands. Flowers carried down an aisle. The colors of the sky. The place where an important chapter began.
Your photographs provide the visual reference, while our conversations help me understand the story behind them.
Throughout the process, you are invited into key moments of collaboration. We will discuss your preferred photographs, composition, setting, color palette, mood, and the details that feel most important to preserve. Reference images and progress updates help guide the painting while leaving room for artistic interpretation and the natural character of the materials.
The finished work is not intended to simply reproduce a photograph. It is an artist's interpretation of a memory, created slowly and individually by hand.
Materials
Choose from:
Cotton Canvas
Linen Canvas
Birchwood Panel
Oil or acrylic paint will be selected according to the desired surface, style, and character of the commission. All paintings are created using quality archival materials intended for long-term preservation.
Sizes
Small: 9" × 12" to 11" × 14"
Ideal for newborn portraits, intimate compositions, and single-subject portraits.
Medium: 12" × 18" to 18" × 24"
Well suited for engagement portraits, couples, newborns with parents, and compositions incorporating more of the surrounding environment.
Large: 24" × 30" to 30" × 40"
Designed for statement wedding portraits, family compositions, and paintings where the surrounding landscape plays an important role.
Gallery: 36" × 36" or larger
Created for large-scale heirloom portraits and expansive compositions integrating portraiture and landscape.
How to Order
Select your preferred portrait size and surface, add your personalization, and place your order.
Send a selection of high-resolution photographs from your engagement, wedding, newborn session, or other meaningful occasion. Whenever possible, include several photographs so I can understand the subjects, setting, light, and details of the day.
Within 24–48 hours, I will reach out to begin the collaboration process. We will discuss the story behind the portrait, your preferred composition, colors, atmosphere, and any details you would especially like included.
Once the direction of the painting is established, I will begin creating your portrait by hand. Progress images will be shared at key stages before the work is completed.
Once finished, the painting will be carefully prepared and shipped to you.
Timeline
Each commission takes approximately 6–8 weeks from execution to delivery.
Painting Time: Approximately 6–7 weeks
Shipping Time: Approximately 2–8 business days
Oil paintings may require additional drying or curing time before they can safely be varnished, packaged, or shipped.
Timelines may also vary according to the size, number of subjects, complexity of the setting, material selection, and overall scope of the commission. If the portrait is intended as an anniversary, wedding, holiday, or other time-sensitive gift, please reserve your commission as early as possible.
Production & Shipping
Delivery methods are determined by surface type, painting size, and destination to ensure the artwork arrives safely and in optimal condition.
Small and medium portraits are generally shipped flat and fully protected. Larger flexible works on linen or cotton canvas may be shipped rolled when scale or destination requires it, with final stretching completed by a professional framer upon arrival.
Paintings on birchwood panel are shipped flat with rigid protection. Large-scale works may require custom crating, freight shipping, white-glove delivery, or coordinated installation.
Each delivery method is selected according to the individual artwork and conservation needs of the piece.
Photographic References & Permissions
Clients are responsible for providing photographs they own or have permission to use as reference material. For professional engagement, wedding, or newborn photography, permission from the photographer may be required before the image can be translated into a commissioned painting.
CLR Creations can work with multiple reference photographs when appropriate to develop the final composition.
Guarantee
Because every portrait is created specifically for you, made-to-order commissions do not accept returns or exchanges.
Collaboration is an important part of my commission process. I want to understand the people, memories, and details you are trusting me to preserve before the painting begins. If you have questions about photographs, sizing, materials, composition, or the commission process, please contact me before ordering.
Reserve Your Portrait
Engagements become anniversaries. Wedding days become family histories. Newborns grow into lives of their own. A portrait captures that moment forever.
Reserve a CLR Creations portrait commission for your engagement, wedding, or newborn and transform a meaningful photograph into an original work of art created to be carried through generations.
[Frame not included]
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% non refundable deposit due at booking
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 4 to 16 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
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.