For the Ones Who Made You
Mum and Dad, framed where they see it every morning. Few gifts make a father go quiet.
Real paintings · photo vs painting
Will It Look Like Them? Drag and See.
PaintingPhoto
Wedding
Their Wedding Day, Forever
Lace, roses and the way he looks at her. Every detail of the day, kept in oil.
1 of 9 · painted in our studio
Paint my photo like thisPart one · The heart
Who Is It For?
Everyone has one photo they would save from a fire. This is what it becomes.
For the Little Ones Growing Too Fast
They will never be this small again. One day they will be grown, and this will still hang in the hallway.
For Someone You Miss
A painting gives their face a place of honour, in the room where the family still gathers.
For a Friendship With Paws
A boy and his dog grow up together. The painting keeps them both this age, forever.
A soul in every stroke
A Printer Copies Your Photo. A Painter Looks at It.
For days. Studying the way your mother tilts her head, the light in your son's eyes, the softness of your cat's fur. Then building it up in layers of oil, the way portraits have been made for five hundred years.
That care is what you feel when you stand in front of it. It is the difference between a picture of someone and a painting of them.
Imagine the moment they tear off the paper and see their own story looking back at them, painted.
That is the gift. The canvas is just how it arrives.
Part two · The mind
Why Oil, and Not a Print?
Feelings start the decision. Here are the reasons that make it a good one.
1 · Built to outlive us
Fifty Years From Now, It Will Still Be There.
Oil paint cures into a hard, flexible film. Kept out of direct sun and damp, an oil painting holds its colour for generations. The ones in museums are centuries old.
2 · Alive in the light
It Changes With Your Day.
Oil is laid in layers, and light travels through them and bounces back. That is why a painting glows warm under a lamp and turns cool and soft at dawn. A flat print looks the same at every hour.
3 · Side by side
What You Get, and What a Print Can't Give.
Hand-painted oilPhoto print
Made byA painter, by hand, over daysA machine, in minutes
SurfaceBrushstrokes you can see and touchFlat ink
ColourLayers of pigment with depth and glowOne thin layer
Over the yearsHolds up for generations with basic careInks can fade in sunlight
How many existOne in the world. Yours.As many as anyone prints
BecomesA family heirloomDecoration
4 · More than a copy
Two Photos, One Painting. Even People Who Never Stood Together.
A painter is not limited by what the camera caught. Send separate photos, and we bring everyone into one scene.
Grandparents in one photo, the grandkids in another. One sunny ride by the sea in the painting.
Dad from one photo, mum and daughter from another, painted together as if it was one sitting.
- Combine people from different photos
- Add someone who is no longer with us
- Change or tidy the background
- Pets and people together
5 · Nothing to risk
You Approve Every Step Before It Reaches Your Door.
- 01Upload your photoAny phone photo. Tell us what to keep or change.
- 02Free sketch in 3 daysSent to your WhatsApp to review.
- 03Revise until it is rightAsk for changes. We only paint once you say yes.
- 04Painted by handOil on canvas, built up in layers.
- 05At your door in about 25 daysTracked, and can ship straight to the person as a gift.
Our promise
Love it, or get every cent back.
You shape the painting at the sketch stage, before any paint touches the canvas. And if the finished painting still isn't right, tell us within 3 days of delivery for a 100% refund.
The Realart studio team
Questions Before You Start
How long does it take?
Your free sketch arrives within 3 days. Once you approve it, the finished painting reaches you in about 25 days, tracked all the way.
What if I don't like the sketch?
Tell us what to change and we revise it. Nothing is painted until you say it looks right.
And if I don't love the finished painting?
Let us know within 3 days of delivery and we refund 100% of what you paid.
Can you ship it straight to someone as a gift?
Yes. Give us their address at checkout and it goes straight to them.
Can you put people from different photos together?
Yes. Upload the main photo and send the others on WhatsApp after you order.
My photo is old or blurry. Will it work?
Usually, yes. Send it on WhatsApp first and we will tell you honestly before you order.
Does it come framed?
Choose rolled canvas, stretched and ready to hang, or one of our frames when you order.
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