Commissions

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I am taking a limited number of commissions, so please contact me if you are interested.
I only do horse portraits, with or without a background. Portraits can be in graphite/pencil, Acrylic, or Oil.
Pricing is listed below:

Pricing below is for one horse per portrait without a background
Please add 35% for each additional horse and add 25% for custom background

Medium	ACEO price (2.5in.x3.5in) Free shipping within U.S.	4x6 price	6x8 price	9x12 price
Graphite	All graphite/pencil portraits are done on 100lb Bristol paper	Head shot: $20 Full body: $25	Head shot: $30 Full body: $40	Head shot: $50 Full body: $65
Acrylic or Oil	Head shot: $15 Full body: $20 Painted on cold press 140lb watercolor paper.	Head shot: $25 Full body: $35 Painted on cold press 140lb watercolor paper.	Head shot: $45 Full body: $65 Painted on stretched canvas	Head shot: $85 Full body: $105 Painted on stretched canvas

1) Find a photo.

I prefer a good photograph to reference your portrait from, but anything med. grade up should do. You can either supply a photograph by mail (which will be returned with the artwork), or you can email it as a file. If you are unsure if your photo is good enough, please email me, I would be glad to give you feedback.

2) Decide a Price, Medium, and Budget

Please look above for the Price List and list of mediums. These prices are based on the amount of time I expect it will take to finish the project according to size and medium. Larger portraits will have more detail and so take longer to complete. In general, please expect up to 4 weeks for your portrait to be completed. ACEO size should only take aprox. 1 week to complete.

3) Contact The Artist

Once you have decided on what you would like, call or email me. If you have any questions or concerns that need to be addressed please let me know and I will try my best to do so.

4) Payment and Delivery

I will contact you when your artwork is completed. As your portrait progresses, I will email you scanned images of it so you can give feedback. I will rework anything you don't like and make any changes untill you are completely satisfied. Payment is expected when you are satisfied with the finished portrait. You can pay with credit/debit or bank account through PayPal, or personal check or money order. I will ship your portrait once payment clears. Depending on how far away you live from my studio you can have your artwork delivered by courier or you can pick it up. If the artwork has to be couriered you will have to pay for shipping charges which will be added to your bill or collected on delivery. Please look below for Shipping and Handling specifics.

5) Shipping and Handling

Please contact me for shipping and handling costs as they will differ with the size of your portrait, and your location. ACEO size always ships free within the continental United States. Insurance is optional for ACEO , and 4x6 size, so please let me know if you would like me to add insurance to the shipping cost. Insurance is included in the price for the larger portraits.

Guidelines to Commissioning

You can resell the original artwork if you like or gift it to someone else.
You can not reproduce the artwork in any way. The artist retains the rights to the original artwork unless she explicitly sells them.
Melissa retains the right to sell prints of the finished piece and use it for merchandising unless it is agreed upon not to.
She may post the finished piece on her site.