I am currently working on several high school graduation portraits. Commissioning a portrait of your child at this time in their life is an exciting and wonderful thing. I can give you a gift card to wrap and the graduate will book a time to meet me at their convenience.
Other gifts for college graduates can be paintings of their school. Contact me about commissioning such a painting, which will be memorable and timeless!
To go to my Adult and Teen portrait Gallery
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.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Another Landscape commission in my plans
I'm pleased to have just accepted another landscape commmission for a local client. These commissions are wonderful gifts for anniversaries, weddings and birthdays. I will wait to post my photo of the evening nightscape which was approved last week (without any changes,) as that is a gift to be given this summer.
Landscape commissions:
I work from my own reference materials and also work on commission, so if you have a dream seascape/ landscape image, please let me know. These make enduring and memorable gifts! ( My email is soniahale1@gmail.com.)
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.
Landscape commissions:
I work from my own reference materials and also work on commission, so if you have a dream seascape/ landscape image, please let me know. These make enduring and memorable gifts! ( My email is soniahale1@gmail.com.)
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.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Client Testimonials for Commissioned Portraits, House portraits and Landscapes
It's always great to hear from my clients. Here are some comments I'd like to share:
Hi Sonia!
I picked up the framed pastel today and I am deliriously happy. It's really beautiful. I'm not sure it's in the final location, but it's up and I'm thrilled to tears.
. . . thank you once again! It was a pleasure and I enjoyed the process with you.
I knew my wife would cry when she saw the portrait, because it was her.
Sonia exceeded expectations at capturing the warm feeling of a New England home that was ours for a memorable three years. That picture immediately brings us back to great friends, neighbors, schools, and community. What an awesome way to remember the best of the past.
We love it!!!!!!
You are a wonder. Thank you so much for letting us be a part of your alchemy.
xoE
I am speechless! Sonia, it is simply lovely! Thank you so much!
Sonia, this is really wonderful. I am so in awe of your talent.
Wowee! It is even more amazing than the photo shows. The colors, the light -- the skin tones.
Thank you SO much, Caroline for making this happen. I agree with Laura, I think M&D will be absolutely thrilled!
Good Morning Sonia,
Thanks for sending the painting of my mother. I love it ! I tried printing it on photo paper, but my printer needs adjustment to accept the heavy paper. Will keep trying as it will be a focal piece on the wall where I have a xxx memorabilia collection.
Dear Sonia
Mailing me a photograph of my mother would be much appreciated. (referring to the painting of his mother)
Beautiful. I just want to sit here with it for a while.
The painting has a glow and lights up the library.
It is impossible to thank you properly, but we will treasure this portrait always.
Portrait and Landscape commissions:
Portrait commissions are a wonderful way to honor loved ones. In addition I work from my own reference materials and also work on commission, so if you have a dream seascape/ landscape image, please let me know. These make enduring and memorable gifts! ( My email is soniahale1@gmail.com.)
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.
Hi Sonia!
I picked up the framed pastel today and I am deliriously happy. It's really beautiful. I'm not sure it's in the final location, but it's up and I'm thrilled to tears.
. . . thank you once again! It was a pleasure and I enjoyed the process with you.
I knew my wife would cry when she saw the portrait, because it was her.
Sonia exceeded expectations at capturing the warm feeling of a New England home that was ours for a memorable three years. That picture immediately brings us back to great friends, neighbors, schools, and community. What an awesome way to remember the best of the past.
We love it!!!!!!
You are a wonder. Thank you so much for letting us be a part of your alchemy.
xoE
I am speechless! Sonia, it is simply lovely! Thank you so much!
Sonia, this is really wonderful. I am so in awe of your talent.
Wowee! It is even more amazing than the photo shows. The colors, the light -- the skin tones.
Thank you SO much, Caroline for making this happen. I agree with Laura, I think M&D will be absolutely thrilled!
Good Morning Sonia,
Thanks for sending the painting of my mother. I love it ! I tried printing it on photo paper, but my printer needs adjustment to accept the heavy paper. Will keep trying as it will be a focal piece on the wall where I have a xxx memorabilia collection.
Dear Sonia
Mailing me a photograph of my mother would be much appreciated. (referring to the painting of his mother)
Beautiful. I just want to sit here with it for a while.
The painting has a glow and lights up the library.
It is impossible to thank you properly, but we will treasure this portrait always.
Portrait and Landscape commissions:
Portrait commissions are a wonderful way to honor loved ones. In addition I work from my own reference materials and also work on commission, so if you have a dream seascape/ landscape image, please let me know. These make enduring and memorable gifts! ( My email is soniahale1@gmail.com.)
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.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Boston nightscape commission
I am working on my first commission of an evening scene in Boston.
It is a pleasure to be able to bring to life a scene to be enjoyed for a lifetime by my young client. I am an artist who is stimulated by the ideas of my clients and uses them as a springboard.
I work these landscape/home commissions in around my portrait commissions and I'm very pleased to do this work as well. They make unique, thoughtful gifts and this one happens to be a gift too. I may posts some little color sketches I did to get ready for the finish. The sky color was a consideration: a Prussian blue or more a purple-blue? . . .more to come.*
*update 5/2013: The painting has been completed and approved. I will post the image in August after this wedding gift is given.
To go to my Landscape commissions gallery
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.
It is a pleasure to be able to bring to life a scene to be enjoyed for a lifetime by my young client. I am an artist who is stimulated by the ideas of my clients and uses them as a springboard.
I work these landscape/home commissions in around my portrait commissions and I'm very pleased to do this work as well. They make unique, thoughtful gifts and this one happens to be a gift too. I may posts some little color sketches I did to get ready for the finish. The sky color was a consideration: a Prussian blue or more a purple-blue? . . .more to come.*
*update 5/2013: The painting has been completed and approved. I will post the image in August after this wedding gift is given.
To go to my Landscape commissions gallery
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.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Boston Public Garden—Lagoon Bridge in winter
It's great to stretch one's boundaries as an artist, so with that in mind I've been working on some new paintings of Boston.
I bounded into Boston recently to capture images for an evening scene I'm working on for an exciting new commission and was compelled to return. Here are a few of my paintings. They are available so send an email at soniahale1@gmail.com if you are interested in any of them.
Lagoon Bridge is said to be the world's shortest suspension bridge. Just think of the drama of the Golden Gate bridge of San Francison as a contrast in length and size. However, I believe Lagoon bridge is the equal of the Golden Gate bridge in beauty, especially as it is constantly changing with the gorgeous four seasons we have here.
Years ago this lagoon was deliberately flooded for ice skaters, but now eveyone skates on the Boston Common's Frog Pond.
Lagoon Bridge in Winter
16" x 20"
oil on canvas
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.
I bounded into Boston recently to capture images for an evening scene I'm working on for an exciting new commission and was compelled to return. Here are a few of my paintings. They are available so send an email at soniahale1@gmail.com if you are interested in any of them.
Lagoon Bridge is said to be the world's shortest suspension bridge. Just think of the drama of the Golden Gate bridge of San Francison as a contrast in length and size. However, I believe Lagoon bridge is the equal of the Golden Gate bridge in beauty, especially as it is constantly changing with the gorgeous four seasons we have here.
Years ago this lagoon was deliberately flooded for ice skaters, but now eveyone skates on the Boston Common's Frog Pond.
Lagoon Bridge in Winter
16" x 20"
oil on canvas
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.
Boston Statehouse—winter's dream
I love the history of Boston. The Boston Statehouse was built in 1798. The dome was originally made of wood shingles, but now is covered in copper and 23 karat gold to prevent leaks (not too shabby.) It is topped with a lantern and a pinecone—symbols of the forests here.
Boston Statehouse in Winter
14" x 18"
oil on canvas
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.
Boston Statehouse in Winter
14" x 18"
oil on canvas
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.
Boston Landscapes on a Winter's Day—Frog Pond
I was drawn by the lights hung for the holidays and the grace of the skaters. The Boston Common Frog Pond is in the oldest and one of the most historic parks nationwide. It was built in 1848 and is the last remaining pond of three original ones. This skating site is one of the jewels of Boston.
Frog Pond light
14" x 18"
oil on linen
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.
Frog Pond light
14" x 18"
oil on linen
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.
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