Commissions

If you want me to paint something bespoke for you, send me an email, at david@okdavid.com

When you commission a painting it's worth thinking about what kind of painting it will be. I do portraits, but painting someone’s likeness is not what I do best. My paintings tend to fall into three categories:

Theme paintings

Theme paintings

What I mean is a group of paintings connected by an idea. These dancers, for example.

The originals hang in Ham Yard, in London, and you can buy prints of them in my shop.

Views

Views

These might be imaginary or real landscapes, or views from a cafe, or anything along these lines. They usually feature animals and people and have lots of interesting small details. An example is the painting above, called View of Lapa, which I painted sitting at the window of a friend's apartment. The view really looks like this, but I added some extra things to look at, like the rooms you can glimpse through the windows. 

Animal portraits

Animal portraits

Just as with my portraits of humans, I don't make animal portraits look exactly lifelike, because I can't! I'm not that kind of painter. Instead I try to capture the character and liveliness of the animal. 

Above is a dog called Bill. He really does have eyebrows like that (see?).

If you’d like to talk about a project, complete the form on the contact page and I’ll get back to you.