Sleightholm Folk Art

Tag: commissions

  • An Edwardian Family Portrait

        This past week I finished up another very large portrait (30×40″) for a local family! This was fun to do since I know the family— I remember when the daughter was just a baby! There are some fun details to it– including their Jack Russell Terrier and the mother is wearing Rose’s traveling…

  • An Old Fashioned Family Portrait

        One thing I really love about doing commission work is getting to know the people and families I’m making the art for. It is a unique task and lots of fun to try to figure out how best to go about making something special and meaningful to someone I usually have never met.…

  • A Downton Abbey-esque Family Portrait

       For the last couple of weeks I have been working on a large project for a lovely lady that was right up my alley– a Downton Abbey style family portrait featuring her family! It was a fun challenge, and my biggest painting to date at 30×40″ in size!   She wanted it to have a…