Luxury Gifts: Best Luxury Gifts for Her

With consideration of some possibilities for Christmas, Anniversary Gifts or Birthday Gifts, a commissioned painting is a lovely idea for the woman who has everything. What could be more exciting than to have a portrait painted of oneself to have for forever?

There are some things to consider: would you like to have a gift certificate to wrap? Or is there a photo (ideally professional or high resolution) which would translate well to a painting?

Do you want to commission a head and shoulders painting or a 3/4 figure to include hands? A full length is available as well.

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To send me an email to discuss a portrait commission, please click here: soniahale1@gmail.com.

Luxury Christmas: Choosing a Memorable gift

Gifts for the woman or man who has everything can take more thought and time. One experience gift is to have your loved one(s) painted. It is an exciting process and having the painting to open is a delight.

Gift certificates are available to wrap and present. To read testimonials of how much others have loved this gift, please click here.

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Commission a Portrait: what age is best to paint a child, oil or pastel portrait

Continuing on in decision-making for a portrait commissions:

The next decision that a parent needs to make if they choose individual portraits, is how old do they want their children to be when painted.

I have been painting several families child by child, as they become a certain age. I find that 4 years old is very popular for those with several children. The other very popular age is, of course, 18 year old. Most families who choose to have group portraits done have them done while the children are young, all in grade school or mostly if not all in high school.

I have painted a few middle schoolers too and they seem to capture a genuine quality of what is to come in the child. Before all that serious growing up...

So in short there is no perfect time, but rather how you best wish to have your child represented as the years go on...and speaking of which, once the children move on to college you will be so happy to have their painted presence in your home!



Sonia Hale is an award-winning, nationally-collected artist in Boston. She paints commissioned portraits for families and institutions nationwide. Her original landscape and still life oil paintings can be purchased at http://www.soniahale.com. For more information, go to http://www.soniahale.com. You can reach her by email at soniahale1@gmail.com.