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GABRIEL KREKK
ART & PHOTOGRAPHY
WATERCOLOR
COMMISSIONING
Gabriel Krekk Art & Photography LLC - Maricopa - Arizona - 85139 - 520-233-3671
GENERIC PRICING GUIDELINE 2021
This multiplier will give you a general idea of the costs for a commissioned original painting. Calculate the square inches of the painting
that you are planning on having done. This is length times width for your overall square inches and then multiply it by 8. An example for
generic pricing for a painting size in the medium size and complexity range would be as follows
20 inches long by 16 inches tall = 320 square inches x 8 = $2,560.00
Complexity of painting is largely dependant upon the background, foreground, and how many individuals are in the painting. For a firm
price quote, please contact me via email. There is a sample chart of Complexity Levels for your referencing.
WORKING A QUOTE FROM IMAGES THAT YOU PROVIDE
For the most part, the majority of my paintings are completed from photographic images that I have taken, but the majority of my
commissioned paintings, I have worked from photos that have been provided to me by my clients. I have also completed photoshoots
for commissioned paintings such as “Victory in Unision” and “A Gift for Will”, and several others. I would build the photoshoots into my
fixed price quote if required. Fixed price quotes are by the best way of securing a firm price from the Artist so that you will know exactly
what your commissioned piece will cost you. In securing a fixed price quote, please attach your image to an email as a jpg and email it
along with an introduction note with your preferred size for your painting to gabrielkrekk@gmail.com .
COMMISSIONED PAINTING SAMPLE
Photograph submitted for Commissioned Piece
Painting Completed “ BROTHERS BONDING”
Image Size 23 inches long x 16 inches tall
CREATIVE LIBERTIES WORKING FROM YOUR IMAGE
In planning every painting, I spend a considerable amount of time in a thoughtful process to look for opportunities to improve on every
painting. ‘Brothers Bonding” is another example of expanding an image to enhance the composition. For this painting, I felt that it was
important that the hands of both boys be captured in the painting rather than be cut off at the fingers. I also lightened most areas of the
flesh tones and strenghtened the colors in the background giving it more of a richness in depth. As an Artist, these are the discussion
points that I will have prepared after a close study of your image.
The UNIQUESNESS OF A GABRIEL KREKK
ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR PAINTING
In the 1990’s, I began a process of tracking my daily hours that I worked on one of my watercolor paintings. This became a vitally
important process as it allowed me to build confidence in the pricing of commissioned pieces and to also provide a fair return on the
price of my original paintings. I moved my work to large format paintings in 2015 where the width of the image area is greater than 30
inches and with it came a major increase in my time to complete a painting. With the large format paintings, my originals require
anywhere from 100 to 275 hours from the drawing time to the signature on the completed painting.
Each original watercolor painting that I complete has a log located on the original canvas, usually at the bottom of the painting and
always written with a graphite pencil. This log contains the date that I worked on the piece, the number of hours for that day, a running
total number of hours, and any personal events that occurred in my life on a specific day. This log will stay with the original painting and
will remain hidden beneath the matting for history to reveal.
The significance of the way that I have been documenting my originals was recognized
by the editor of Canadian Brushstroke Magazine and in their July/August 2007,
published a five page article from my interview with the editor.
Each of my original watercolor paintings bear my embossed seal in the lower right
hand corner of the canvas with my signature signed through the seal and also with
its assigned serial number. This serial number is entered into my database along
with the description of the painting for historical records.
COMPLEXITY LEVELS FOR COMMISSIONED PAINTINGS (All prices in $US)
C1
C2
C3
C4
Focus is on the details of the subject
Background is totally muted with minimal items
No foreground details
Clothing is neutral and color range is limited
General Painting Sizes
10” x 14”
14” x 20”
20” x 30”
Custom 24” x 36”
or larger
General Pricing
$ 1200
$ 1600
$ 2200
$ 3000 +
Focus is on the details of the subject
Background is has minimal details
Foreground details
Clothing is multi colored and detailing important
General Painting Sizes
10” x 14”
14” x 20”
20” x 30”
Custom 24” x 36”
or larger
General Pricing
$ 1400
$ 1800
$ 2400
$ 3400 +
General Painting Sizes
10” x 14”
14” x 20”
20” x 30”
Custom 24” x 36”
or larger
General Pricing
$ 1600
$ 2000
$ 2800
$ 3800 +
Focus is on the details of the subject
Many items around the subject
Background is has many details and color ranges
Foreground details
Clothing is multi colored and detailing important
General Painting Sizes
10” x 14”
14” x 20”
20” x 30”
Custom 24” x 36”
or larger
General Pricing
$ 2200
$ 2800
$ 3600
$ 4400 +
Focus is on the details of the
subject
Many items around the subject
Background hyper detailed with
vast color ranges
Clothing is multi colored and hyper
detailed
C5
General Painting Sizes
10” x 14”
14” x 20”
20” x 30”
Custom 24” x 36”
or larger
General Pricing
$ 3200
$ 3800
$ 4600
$ 5400 +
2 or more people in the image*
Many items around the subject
Background hyper detailed with
vast color ranges
Clothing is multi colored and hyper
detailed
Foreground intense detailing
*additional cost for every additional person above 2
RETAINER FEES & PAYMENT TERMS SCHEDULE
Upon your approval on a fixed price quote and an accepted date to begin the painting, along with the estimated hours to complete, a Standard Commissioning Contract will be emailed to you as an Adobe
Sign. After the Artist has received the electronically signed copy, a PayPal invoice will be sent to the Client for a 25% Retainer Fee to hold the window of time to complete your painting. This retainer fee is
totally refundable up to the time that the Artist has sent notification to the Client that the painting has started. Once the painting has reached the halfway point to completion, a PayPal invoice will be sent to
the Client for 50% of the quoted price. The Final Payment will be made to the Artist after the final image of the completed painting has been approved. The painting will be roll shipped to the Client by
FedEx, along with a full size Artist Proof Giclee* as a gift, the Certificate of Authenticities and the receipt. *The Artist digitally captures the original painting and produces two Artist Proof Giclee Prints. One of
the prints for the Artist’s permanent collection and the other presented to the Client.
Contact Gabriel Krekk to
get a fixed price quote for
a Commissioned Painting
First Available Timeframe
for a commissioned painting
JANUARY, 2022