Luxury Gifts Online: Luxury Birthday Ideas—Commission a Landscape or other painting

A really fun and exciting idea for an upcoming special birthday or anniversary is to commission a painting from one of your favorite vacation photos! I paint these for birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas gifts and Valentine's Day gifts.

One recent commission was for the parents of adult daughters who were moving from a beloved home. I used a photograph of the three children in the backyard as young children and visited the scene in person to make a quick sketch and take reference photographs. When one of the daughters saw the painting she said, "Mom is going to love this so much she will cry!"

If this seems like something that might interest you, please be in touch. I paint from small pieces up to 30 x 40 and even larger sometimes.

Please email me your photos if you have any, so I can give you an accurate price for the painting and also the approximate size of the piece you'd like or we can arrange for you to present a gift certificate and I will take photographs of your special place at a later date.

I also frame these paintings (or can make arrangements for this for you) quite often now, so let me know if you'd like for me to take care of that. One stop shopping to make it easy for you.

To send me an email, please click here soniahale1@gmail.com.

My work is guaranteed and I have many testimonials on my website.

Luxury Birthday Ideas: a special Luxury Birthday Gift

The painting above was for a gentleman's 90th birthday gift. I used photographs from a 85th celebration.

Often we rack our brains trying to come up with a really special birthday gift for a loved one. Maybe they are turning one of the big milestone birthdays or maybe it just feels like the year to do something special for them. Honestly if you feel it is the year for this kind of gift, I'd encourage you to act on the sentiment as it is always wonderful to remember those you love with a really terrific gift.

I paint many birthday paintings for all ages from those turning 40 or 50 and...the last one was for a 90 year old man with four children who wanted to give him something really special! He LOVED it.

Another idea is for me to paint your children for your spouse. This is very exciting and the children LOVE to be in on the secret!

So if this seems like something that might interest you, please be in touch. I paint from small pieces up to 30 x 40 and even larger sometimes.

In addition I may be able to use your photos (please email me them so I can give you an accurate price for the painting and approximate size of the piece you'd like) or we can arrange for you to present a gift certificate and I will take photographs of your loved one at a later date.

I paint these with joy to celebrate your loved one. I also frame these paintings (or can make arrangements for this for you) quite often now, so let me know if you'd like for me to take care of that. One stop, so to speak.

To send me an email, please click here soniahale1@gmail.com.

My work is guaranteed and I have many testimonials on my website.

New Portrait Commission: A 50th Birthday gift

I am looking forward to getting started next week on a birthday commission for the recipient's 50th Birthday gift. I have been working on several smaller paintings, polishing them up, getting the last important strokes in which bring a painting to life.

When I paint I think a lot about the person's character: this is my training and viewpoint. That I am not simply copying, but imparting a viewpoint. The feeling of the subject at that time in that setting with that light. I work to convey the subject on the most flattering terms as well!

I will post the smaller pieces I'm finishing up soon. One is a portrait of a precious little white dog.

The other portrait is a posthumous of a young mother. I am pulling out all the stops to make this piece capture the loveliness of this mom.

To send me an email, please click here soniahale1@gmail.com.

My work is guaranteed and I have many testimonials on my website.

Luxury Birthday Ideas, a Luxury Birthday gift that will be Timeless and Ageless

What an amazing concept: to have oneself preserved on canvas (or in this case a fine Belgium linen). What an honor to have one's spouse set this up on one's behalf.

To send me an email, please click here soniahale1@gmail.com.

My work is guaranteed and I have many testimonials on my website.

Luxury Anniversary Gifts, luxury wedding gifts, Luxury Gifts that are truly spectacular

For those who are thinking ahead to their anniversary and considering a significant gift this year, I want to offer a special gift idea which will truly honor your loved one for all your years to come: a portrait of your loved one. These can also make amazing luxury wedding gifts.

This can be achieved through a gift certificate to be wrapped and presented or by an actual painting completed from photos you have. (high resolution preferred, but I am able to work from a wide range of photographs given my years of experience in life drawing and painting)

The painting can be a head and shoulders or a 3/4 figure which includes hands, but not feet or a full length.

I price by the size of the painting and the amount of the figure included.

To send me an email, please click here soniahale1@gmail.com.

My work is guaranteed and I have many testimonials on my website.

Luxury Valentine's Gift! Here is a sample of a woman's oil portrait

Here is a really spectacular gift for your wife or significant other! How exciting to know that your spouse wants you painted!

Gift certificates are available to be wrapped.

These make wonderful: Anniversary Gifts, Birthday Gifts, Valentine's Day gifts, Christmas Gifts...I have painted spouses, parents, grandparents, children, significant others and pets for many worldwide.

To send me an email, please click here soniahale1@gmail.com.

My work is guaranteed and I have many testimonials on my website.

Luxury Valentine's Gift!! A Gift Certificate for an oil or pastel Portrait

So it is six days before VALENTINE'S DAY and you don't have that extra special gift for your loved one yet? If you want to do something extra special this year, I have just the idea which is easy on your part and one of the most thoughtful gifts you can offer— — a gift certificate for a portrait of your loved one or one of your children (if you have a family).

Ideas:
1. A head and shoulder, 3/4 (includes hands, but not feet) or full length painting of your loved one.

2. A painting of your children to be commissioned and planned with your loved one.

Consider how fun it will be to have a group painting of your children in your home always. You can include the family pet as well. Either we can plan a painting indoors or outdoors at your convenience.

To learn more about my work, please go here.

To send me an email, please click here soniahale1@gmail.com.

If you have a specific budget in mind, please let me know so I can give you some ideas within that parameter. I like to work with as many interested potential clients as possible.

Cape Cod, Maine oil paintings: Specials on Seascapes

To help you through the winter I'm offering a limited time special for my blog visitors only at this time (though that may change) on my smallest seascapes works: 11 x 14 or smaller unframed.

Go to soniahalefineart.com to view all the seascapes.

If you wish for me to frame one of the paintings, let me know.

These are really special paintings: the photographs never do justice to the subtle tones, colors and details of the originals. I am actually attached to them, so I highly recommend you purchase one soon before I change my mind.

Email me to secure your painting, as they are original works there is only one of each.

They make lovely gifts for yourself, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Birthdays and Anniversary Gifts.

To send me an email to hold one of them (there is only one of each), please click here soniahale1@gmail.com.

Dennis, Cape Cod, Mayflower Beach, Cape Cod Seascapes

Both of these are offered with a limited time Valentine's Day Special on my blog only for $500 each, oil, unframed.

They elicit those warm lovely days on the Cape when all is right. What a lovely Valentine's gift or other gift: birthday, anniversary...new summer home...or just for yourself.

A frame can be added for an additional fee. Shipping is a small flat fee for continental U.S.

To send me an email to hold one of them (there is only one of each), please click here soniahale1@gmail.com.

Gay Head, Oak Bluffs, Views of Vineyard Sound: Cape Cod Seascapes

11 x 14 oil, unframed, $500 each, original oil paintings of Martha's Vineyard

I am offering these paintings at $500 each. They are priced much higher on my website, but I am offering a limited time Valentine's Day special on my blog.

A frame can be added for an additional fee. Shipping is a small flat fee for continental U.S.

To send me an email to hold one or more of them (there is only one of each), please click here soniahale1@gmail.com.