Karen Kliethermes

Selected Commissions/Gifts

If you are interested in commissioning Karen for a personalized artwork, click here to submit your request!​

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Payments

Karen requires a 50% down payment of your chosen price of the commission before she can begin on your commission. Once she has completed the piece, she requires the second payment before she ships it out. She accepts cash, check, Venmo, or paypal (in which case she will send you an invoice).

 

Size and Materials

Typical drawing paper sizes are 11"x14" and 18"x24". Karen works only with high quality, archival paper brands such as Canson, Arches, and Strathmore. If she is working with charcoal and/or pastel, she will spray the piece with a special fixative that will keep the medium on the page. All acrylic paintings are done on 1.5" high-quality thick gallery canvas.

 

Pricing and Mediums

Price is $50 per hour; more time spent on a piece results in more fine detail. Outside of shipping or requested meeting time to discuss/plan out commission ideas, there are no extra fees for traditional commissions. Karen most often uses charcoal and/or pastel for her commissions, but she also welcomes acrylic paintings. Although acrylic paintings will require more time to render than charcoal/pastel portraits, and therefore be more expensive.

She offers a range of prices dependent on how many figures, paper size, and time requested for commissioned drawings. Pricing for acrylic paintings, on the other hand, vary depending on requested canvas size and content; Karen will offer a price depending on your requests for the painting.

The choices are up to you! Regardless, Karen is most joyous and honored to give you and/or your loved one(s) a creation that is  meaningful to you!

(Note that while the customer receives the original artwork after payment, Karen still reserves the rights to the images she takes of original artwork that she creates, and can do with them as she pleases.)
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