A photo transformed to fine art makes a cherished keepsake or valued one-of-a-kind gift for that special day — wedding, birthday, anniversary. We recently made up a "bouquet" of flower prints to cheer up a homebound patient. There is essentially no limit to the treatments possible. You can choose one of the styles shown here, or send us a sample style or written description. We will use our best artistic judgment to create the artwork to your specifications.

Conventional media terms are used to describe the styles of these transformations: pen and ink, water color, oils or acrylics, pastel chalk, graphite, pointillism. These images are digitally transformed to resemble the conventional medium. They can be printed on various papers or canvas materials to further the illusion.

All of these examples were created from conventional photographs. Each one was evaluated and a style was chosen to enhance the subject matter.

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PEN AND INK WITH PASTEL CHALK

This resembles a drawing done with an ink pen, combined with pastel chalk on a textured surface. The pine boughs were from our library of images.

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PEN AND INK WITH DRYBRUSH

Drybrush simulates the look of painting with minimal paint on the brush.

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PEN AND INK WITH PALETTE KNIFE

This effect simulates the look achieved by spreading paint on the canvas or paper with the palette knife, instead of using a brush.

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PEN AND INK WITH SERIGRAPH (SILKSCREEN)

The serigraph is characterized by large expanses of flat colors.

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POINTILLISM

This effect simulates pointillism, which is achieved by applying a very large number of paint dabs with a small brush.

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DRYBRUSH

Drybrush simulates the look of painting with minimal paint on the brush.

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PALETTE KNIFE

Palette knife is the look achieved by spreading paint on the canvas or paper with the palette knife, instead of using a brush.

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STUBBLE BRUSH

The stubble brush applies the paint in irregular blobs, with a very short and stiff brush. It's somewhat like pointillism, but typically coarser.

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SPATTER

Spatter replicates the look of spattering paint from the bristles of a stiff brush

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IMPORTANT: We are willing and able to create fine art in the style of famous artists. But we cannot and will not modify copyrighted images. For instance, there's no problem transforming a photo of your flower garden to have the flavor of Monet's Garden at Argenteuil. But we cannot paste your aunt's face onto Andrew Wyeth's Christina!