Oil Portraits From Your Photos — Mercer Island.

Hand‑painted oil portraits, delivered to Mercer Island.

Mercer Island, Washington – home to ~26,000 residents in the Pacific region of the United States. We deliver authentic oil paintings, hand-painted on canvas by trained artists, to every Mercer Island address. Free shipping, money-back guarantee, never AI.

How we paint your Mercer Island portrait

1. You upload your photo.

   From the comfort of your Mercer Island home, you upload one to five reference photos via our six-step commission flow. We accept JPG, PNG and HEIC files. Additional reference shots help with details – hair texture, jewellery, skin tone in different light.

2. We assign a trained oil painter.

   Within 24 hours we match your commission to one of three artist tiers – Junior, Up-and-coming, or Experienced – based on the package you have chosen. Every artist on our roster is classically trained in oil portraiture.

3. Sketching, underpainting and the first colour pass.

   Your artist begins with a charcoal sketch on a primed canvas, then lays down a tonal underpainting in burnt sienna or raw umber. The first colour layers establish the structure of the face and the overall composition.

4. Refinement and detail work.

   Subsequent layers build up the likeness – bone structure, expression in the eyes, fabric texture, hair, hands. This is the longest stage and the one that separates a competent likeness from a portrait that genuinely captures who someone is.

5. Preview, varnish and delivery to Mercer Island.

   Before the painting is varnished and shipped, we send you a high-resolution preview by email. You can request small adjustments at no charge. Once approved, your portrait is varnished, dried, gallery-wrapped, and dispatched to your Mercer Island address by tracked, fully insured courier.

Pricing & sizes for Mercer Island customers

Our pricing is transparent and tier-based – the size you choose, multiplied by the artist tier, plus optional VIP express delivery. The most-ordered size in Washington is the 16 inch by 20 inch canvas. Mercer Island customers commissioning for formal living rooms or grand entrances often choose 24 by 30 or larger.

Venues, occasions and gifts in Mercer Island

Over the past few years we have delivered portraits to Mercer Island customers commissioning for an extraordinary range of occasions. Locally, anniversaries and milestone birthdays drive the bulk of our work – but we have also painted university graduates, generations of family for country club walls, posthumous tributes to grandparents, and corporate retirement gifts for executives across the wider Washington area. Increasingly, we are commissioned for newborns and pets – rates of dog and cat portrait commissions in Washington have more than doubled in the last two years.

Recent Mercer Island commissions

Photo tips for Mercer Island customers

The single biggest factor in a beautiful portrait is the source photograph. Here is what we have learnt from thousands of commissions across Washington and the rest of the United States:

• Use natural light. Photographs taken outdoors on an overcast day, or beside a north-facing window, give the artist the most workable detail.
• Higher resolution is better. Shoot at the highest quality your camera or phone allows. We can work from older photos, but more pixels gives us more detail to translate into oil.
• The subject should fill the frame. A close, well-composed photograph of a face will always paint better than a distant snapshot, however charming.
• Don’t worry about the background. Our artists routinely re-paint or replace backgrounds.
• Multiple photos help with composites. If you are commissioning a portrait of multiple people who were not photographed together, send up to five separate photos and we will build the composition.

Delivery to Mercer Island

Standard delivery to Mercer Island takes roughly 23 days from the moment you complete your commission. We ship via fully tracked, fully insured courier – typically FedEx or UPS – with signature required on delivery. Each painting is varnished, dried for 72 hours, then packed in a custom protective sleeve with corner guards and a rigid outer box. There is no shipping charge to Washington, or anywhere in the United States. VIP express delivery – an additional $199 – typically reduces total turnaround to around nine days from order to Mercer Island doorstep.

Care & display in Mercer Island

Washington’s mild, often damp climate calls for indoor humidity awareness; air-conditioned spaces are ideal. For best results, hang your portrait away from direct sunlight, avoid kitchens and bathrooms where airborne moisture and grease can dull the surface, and dust gently with a soft, dry cloth no more than once a month. Should you ever notice an issue, our 100% money-back guarantee covers you for 60 days from delivery.

We also serve nearby

If you are commissioning for someone in Mercer Island or the wider Washington area, here are the nearest cities we also serve.

Frequently asked questions for Mercer Island customers