For those interested . . .
If you're sending paper photos, please mail them to
Dottie Dracos, 21000 NW Quatama Road, #117,
Beaverton, OR, 97006
(Paper photos submitted will be returned to you at
completion of painting.)

Send virtual photos to me at:

dottie@wildwildthings.com

To commission a custom painting of your pet or if you have questions about commissioning a painting, please email me,
dottie@wildwildthings.com.

1.  CONTACT ME FIRST, dottie@wildwildthings.com and SEND PHOTOS (preferably by email):

  • Size:  You'll need to send me four to seven large, color, clear, in-focus photos of your pet.  If they're actual paper
    photos, they absolutely must be clear and large enough for me to see details.  My mailing address is listed below.  If
    they're virtual photos (which is what I prefer), they must be clear, in focus, at least somewhat close, and at least
    100Kb in size.  No flash photos, please.   (I'm sorry, poor quality photos will not be accepted.)
  • Composition:  Be sure that the photos you send include at least one shot that has the pose that you want your
    pet to be painted in.
  • Setting or Background:  If you have a photo of a setting or background that you like, just let me know, and I can
    generally work it into the painting.  If instead there's a specific color background you want, we can work that out, too.
  • Let me know your pet's name, her/his breed, personality, age, and anything else about her/him that you think I should
    know as I paint.
  • Also, let me know which of some of my earlier paintings you like.  I tend to paint in a few different styles, and it'll give
    me more of an idea of what you would like.
  • And remember, I work with you all the way on the painting, and small changes can be made as I go.



2.  MAKE DEPOSIT:  A 1/3 deposit is required before painting is started.  (I'll send you an ebill after you've contacted me
and sent photos.)

3.  OPTIONAL ADDITIONS: Each additional pet per painting requires a 1/3 additional charge.  Sometimes if a background
you want is particularly complicated (see the Mount Hood Rottweiler painting for an example), I may have to charge a small
extra fee.

4.  TURNAROUND TIME:  Paintings are done in the order deposits are received.  Contact me, dottie@wildwildthings.com,
for approximate turnaround time.  


COMMISSIONED PAINTING PRICES:
(on gallery-wrapped canvases, 3/4"-deep sides, painted same as background color)
SIZE
 HEAD &
CHEST
 FULL
BODY
     
16x20
$150
$200
20x24
 $225
 $275
24X30
 $275
 $325
32x40
 $350
 $400
LARGER or
different
dimensions
CONTACT
ME FOR  
QUOTE
IMPORTANT "LEGALESE" NOTICE

Once you have commissioned and I
have completed a commissioned
painting, or any other painting on my
own, all rights to the painting are
mine alone, including the right to
reproduce and sell reproductions of
any painting I have ever made or
ever will make.  You will own the
original painting, of course, but
again, all legal rights to the image
itself are the exclusive property of
me, Dottie Dracos, the artist.
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Note:  If you want a deeper canvas, let me know
and I'll let you know how much more it will cost - I
charge you only the difference in cost between
the 3/4" and the 1.5" or 2" deep canvases.
CUSTOM (COMMISSIONED) PAINTINGS
Note:  As of September 15, 2010, my prices will be changing - going up.  If you have placed a
deposit before that time, you will be charged the pre-Sept 15 price.

Also, due to the high number of commissions I receive for the end-of-year holiday season,
around October 15, I will have to stop taking deposits for holiday season delivery.
Here's a commissioned painting
I completed in August 2010