2016 Portraits and Custom Oil Painting Commissions

Plan now to give a very special gift to someone you love.  I'm currently booking portrait and custom oil painting commissions for 2016.  You will want to allow 3-4 months for your painting, depending on my portrait schedule and backlog.  Earlier bookings get priority.

If you have a special occasion, anniversary, birthday, or reunion coming up, an original oil painting is a perfect gift to commemorate your event.

Explore your idea with a simple phone call or email.  No pressure or obligation ever.

First Place Award

"Snow Day" 20 x 30 oils  ©Valorie Snyder 

Thank you to the Center For the Arts in Evergreen for the First Place Award for my painting, "Snow Day."  This is their Tenth Anniversary Show and will be up through the end of May.

Lost in the Music

"Lost in the Music"
6 x 6  © Valorie Snyder

I have wanted to capture this musician in paint ever since I photographed him downtown one day.  I was drawn to the diagonal lines created by his pose, the perspective of the building and the angle of his trumpet.  It was necessary to simplify the busy reflections in the windows.  

A Girl and Her Horse- Best Friends

"Best Friends" © Valorie Snyder

New Series -  Small Figurative Paintings in Oils

What little girl doesn't love horses?  This is to honor all of those special friendships.  5 x 7, oils.

"Snow Day" Figurative Oil Painting

The warm interior light, contrasted with the cold snowy day outside captivated me in this scene.  I also liked the unusually quiet pose of a normally active boy!  The painting is 20" x 30".