FEE SCHEDULE

Works in Oil - Oil Portraits      One Person  Additional Person Head and Shoulders $800 $400 Half Body Painting $1200  $800 Full Body Painting $3000  $1500     Note: Head and Shoulders based on 24" x 18" size. Half Body based on maximum size of 30" x 40". Full Body portraits based on approximate size. Add 50% to the overall painting for background scenery and complex foreground objects. (Example: Side of a motorbike, an animal, chess game in progress, etc.).   Works in Watercolor - Watercolor Portraits      18" x 24"  22" x 30" Head and Shoulders $500 $600 Half Body Painting $600 $800 Full Body Painting $800 $1000     Note: The artist works with the above standard watercolor sheet sizes. However, custom sizes may be available at adjusted prices. Add 50% for each additional person included. Add 50% to the overall painting for background scenery and complex foreground objects. (Example: Side of a motorbike, an animal, chess game in progress, etc.).

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PROCEDURES

Mark's preference, regarding all commissions, is to work from life as much as possible.  However, given people's schedules, distances and other logistical concerns it is not always practical or possible. While some clients have been able to arrange their schedule so as to accommodate a portrait from sittings, the artist is flexible and open to the common alternate ways of partial-use of photography, and even to the full use of photography.

In the case of animal  portraiture Mark will work from the digital photos he personally takes, as well as doing sketches to familiarize himself with the unique characteristics of the subject. Particularly, in the case of horse commissions, Mark would like to visit the farm -- perhaps several times to do additional drawings  -- when possible and as distances permit.

For portraiture within the metro Atlanta area, a 11/2 to 2 hour meeting will be arranged to get acquainted with the principals involved, to decide a general look of the portrait, to do initial drawings and to take reference photos. When the final pose has been decided, 30% of the fee will be paid at that time.

The artist will then do a pencil drawing as a compositional study and another meeting will be scheduled. At that time the client will be allowed one opportunity to make small revisions and requests. Upon client's approval Mark will carry the work to completion. The objective of the compositional is not necessarily to get a likeness as it is to render the overall look and feel of the finished portrait.

Regarding the duration of a project-- that varies. Some commissions can be done on a strict deadline while others require flexibility-- depending on the nature of the project. This will be discussed during the initial meeting with the artist.

Upon completion the client will be invited to view the portrait at the artist's studio and, with their expressed satisfaction, the balance of the payment will be required at that time.

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