Custom Pet Portrait From Your Own Photos, buying 9 X12, Acrylic/Mixed Media on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

This is a 9 X 12 canvas gallery-wrapped Custom Pet Portrait of Nicole's pet horse. The owner commissioned the portrait to show her love of barrel racing, country western music and Jason Aldeen. This particular item is NOT for sale because it belongs to its owner. However, I would be happy to create a custom one for you from your own photographs of your pet(s). A custom pet portrait makes for a conversation piece in your home and is a great gift for the pet lovers in your life. Also, it is a special way to memorialize a lost loved one. In creating each custom portrait all aspects will be taken into consideration.

What you need to get started:
1) Submit an order.
2) Send a few of your favorite photos of your pet. Preferably, the photos you send should be taken with a camera and not a smartphone. The quality of smart phone pictures are, generally, not that good once they have been enlarged. The more photos sent, the merrier! Please indicate if you have a preferred photo you wish to be used.
*** Don't have any photos because you wish to give this item as a give to someone else? Please refer to our shop's Gift Certificate listings to purchase a gift certificate for this item.***
3) Any, additional information you can send about activities your pet likes, favorite toys, etc. would be greatly appreciated, as these help to a better understanding of how the portrait will come together.
4) Indicate if there is a preferred background color or placement scene for your portrait (For example, blue background, red bedding, yellow roses, winter scene, fall scene, outside on grass, etc.). Please browse my other custom pet portrait listings if you need some inspiration, otherwise, you may give me "carte blanche" to create what I feel would best highlight your loved one.
5) Because each portrait is customized for you, your design approval is required before work is started on the piece and upon completion before it is buying shipped.

***Please refer to our shop's shipping and policies tab for this item's policies regarding shipment and refunds for Custom Pet Portraits. Currently this item only ships to the USA and Canada.***

Each portrait is a mixed-media gallery wrapped canvas. What does that mean, you ask? This means that the portrait is created from other media besides paint. In this case, I use artist quality acrylic paints to paint the background of the portrait. The style of painting is a modernistic 2-dimensional style as pictured in the display photos. I then make a giclee art print of your pet's photo using museum quality archival inks and acid-free paper. Your pet is then made into an appliqué and placed onto the painted canvas. Your pet's appliquéd piece is then painted over in places to highlight certain features and to blend it in to the style of the background. The 3-dimensional look of you pet is highlighted on the 2-dimensional background. The entire piece is then sealed and varnished with a matte finish (Note: please be aware that even a matte finish has a very slight sheen to it). Once air-dried and cured, it is shipped to you to be displayed and enjoyed!

The gallery wrapped-canvas portrait does NOT require framing. It is ready to display hung on a wall or set on a shelf or easel upon receipt.