Examples

The portraits in these rooms are created to feel as though they’ve always belonged there. Each piece is shaped to echo the architecture around it — the weight of the woodwork, the hush of the fabrics, the subtle temperature of the light. A Portrait Alchemy commission doesn’t sit on a wall so much as it settles into the room’s atmosphere, becoming another source of presence, another voice in the space.

When hung, the work feels timeless: softly illuminated skin against the darker breath of paneling, a figure poised in stillness while the room leans in around them. These portraits are heirlooms meant to anchor a space, to give it a soul-point — a quiet gravity that deepens the room rather than decorating it. They are made to belong in Montecito libraries, coastal salons, candlelit corners, and anywhere a touch of depth and dignity is desired.