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Price Guide Prices are for an unframed portrait in oils, acrylics or pastels on archival materials. Prices are an approximate guide and rates vary according to the specifics of each portrait. Size Cameo Head Study Full Body portrait Full Body with a Background* Additional Animals in the Portrait 8" x 10" $160 n/a n/a 1 animal only 9" x 12" $225 $260 $350 1 animal only 11" x 14" $275 $325 $375 $85 per animal 16" x 20" $350 $400 $450 $100 per animal 18" x 24" $450 $475 $525 $125 per animal Larger sizes and prices are available upon request. .................. * Background examples: grass, furniture, or scenery. Payment A 50% non-refundable deposit is required at the time of ordering. I accept personal checks, money orders, certified checks or cash. The balance plus CA sales tax (.07375%) is due upon completion. If shipping is required, packaging and shipping charges will be added. Upon completion of the portrait, I will contact you for a viewing. All effort will be made to ensure that you are happy with your portrait. Allow 6 weeks for the completion of the portrait. Gift Certificates are available. I can also make blank note cards of your pet portrait. Ask about pricing. MEDIA GUIDE OILS & ACRYLICS are painted on stretched canvas or gessoed masonite panels. They usually are framed, but some stretched canvases are wrapped so they do not need framing. You can specify the type of ground you wish your portrait to be painted on. Oil paintings are usually varnished with an artist's varnish after one year of drying. You can bring the portrait back to me for varnishing or I can tell you how to do it. Acrylic paintings will be varnished with a polymer varnish upon completion. Paintings can be framed with standard size frames which can be purchased at many crafts, art supply stores or frame shops. Custom framing can also be ordered. I charge extra if you wish me to frame the painting for you. PASTELS are not chalk, but pure pigment compressed into a stick. They are very soft and somewhat fragile. Pastels are created on special, sanded archival pastel paper. Pastel portraits need to be framed under glass (or plexiglass) and usually with a mat. It is best to have pastels professionally framed. I will charge extra for framing a pastel portrait. Pastels have been known to last for many hundreds of years. I have seen wonderful pastel paintings in museums that were created in the 1600s. I enjoy working with pastels for pet portraits, because the textures can be captured so nicely with pastels.

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