You may want me to paint landscape, flowers, boat, objects of your choice or the full-length portrait or the face of one or several people you love, one of your animals etc.
Think carefully about what you want. Those miniaturees are very appreciated presents
The best thing is for you to phone me or to make an appointment if you are on the Quiberon peninsula so that we can discuss about it . The miniatures can be round, oval, square or rectangular according to your choice, the minimum size being 1 inch and the largest 2 inches.
To make the miniature I will need one or two clear, detailed photographs of each “element”. You will be able to choose the size of the paper on which I paint the miniature which is normally between 12 and 15cm
I will soon add pictures showing all these possibilities.
Following the evaluation of the working time, I will establish you an estimate indicating the time of realization, in general from 1 to 3 weeks according to the number of orders because certain periods (before Valentine’s Day, Christmas etc…) are busier.
If you accept the quote, I will ask you for a deposit of 30% of the total,
When it will be done, I’ll send you a photograph of the finished miniature and you will receive it by registered post with insurance and tracking code after having paid the balance. If you click on Order at the top of the page, you will be able to read the terms and conditions of order
3 miniatures on teabags
Painted Cats on Tea Bags
I opened it up which gives it a little Egyptian papyrus or parchment look
Miniature paintings on enamel with bronze frames
50 years ago I leant miniatures on enamel
I painted portraits for the customers of a Berlin jeweller friend who set them in silver frames. Back in France in 1976 after graduating from the Berlin Fine Arts School I didn’t enamel much anymore, I painted large canvases and watercolours
Then I discovered polymer clay and as I didn’t know metal work I painted watercolour miniatures on the ivory keys of a 19th century piano. I set them in a fimo frame gilded with gold leaf and inlaid with fine stones and pearls
Three years ago when I learned to work with bronze, copper and silver (I know how to work with silver, but I prefer bronze and copper),
I decided to start painting enamel miniatures again and make their frames myself.
So I can create a frame of the size, shape and style you want
I make the frames in bronze (white or yellow) set with fine stones or not and I enamel the copper plates with a white opal base enamel (black or coloured if you prefer), I counter-enamel, I enamel the reverse side of the piece to prevent differences in tension between the metal and glass. This first firing is done at 830°C/1526°F. Then I paint several layers of vitrifiable colours , generally 7 or more, each of them is fired some degrees lower than the support.