Jeni Bate - Commission Paintings

• Home
• Acrylics
• Collages
• Oils
• Murals
• Book
• Shows
• Commissions
• Note Cards
• Schedule
• Blog
• About Jeni
• Contact

These are some of the commission paintings I have created over the last few years. It is always interesting to work with a client's ideas, and wonderful when they come together in the way that the client has envisioned.

I have worked from a vacation photograph, a combination of photos, from ideas, to match a wall color and fit an unusual space, even from the words of a song. If you have ideas, photos, whatever that you would like to turn into a painting, please contact me. If you love an existing piece of mine, but it doesn't fit your space or match the rest of the room, I can work to your space and colors. Many commissions can be done by internet and mail.

To inquire about a commission please e-mail jenibate [at] gmail [dot] com.

	Hugh and Steb's Sunrise These gentlemen loved my technique, and were looking for a couple pieces of art of a specific size. The liked 'Three Ancient Sentinels, which has triangular pieces, and the colors in 'Coffee Bean Morning' which has circles. So they purchased 'Sentinels' and I repeated 'Coffee' in a triangular cut. The pieces complemented each other very well.
Pioneertown Evening This couple also fell for my collage technique and thought of a photographic triptych from a visit to Cape Cod. This was very much a collaboration piece as they also came to visit my studio to select and arrange the strips so they could get it just how the liked it best. The triptych is on fiberboard panels 11x14".
	Raul's Week This gentleman fell in love with another 5-piece work for a long hallway, but the painting had sold when he returned to my booth. So I created a variant on the theme with variants on some of his other favorite skies.
Mutiny Bay Sunset 2 This is from a number of different photographs of my clients shoreside property at Mutiny Bay. I incorporated all the elements they often see from this view. This was also an interesting artwork to create as it was one of the first I created on a wraparound panel.
	Colorado Lake A Southern California family has a second home in Colorado. This is the summer view from their porch there, in the collage format they were enamoured with when they saw my work at an Art Fair in Orange County.
Sunset at North Shore Yacht Club I worked this commission in oil from my customer's photograph. He lives in Washington state but loves the Salton Sea area. When he was visiting we met at a show in Palm Springs - and talked about a possible commission. During that trip he was blessed with this wonderful sunset from North Shore Yacht Club. We considered many of the photographs he'd taken, but both kept coming back to this one. I added a few birds and removed phone wires, otherwise it's just as he saw it!
	The Eymoutieres House My friend Adrian is a property developer in England and France. His latest project is an old house in Eymoutieres in central France. This oil painting is from his photograph - except that I removed some of the more modern trappings of the house - the antenna and electic boxes.
The Ryans at Bodie The Ryans went to Bodie when the snow was melting. This watercolor was from a combination of three photos - two of the town, and one of the couple sitting on a totally different porch. The most interesting challenge of this piece was that to give the couple good light as they sat on the porch of the nearest building, I had to change the angle of the light. Yes, all the buildings had to have their shadows and lit sides reversed!
	The Cat in the Cradle I was asked to capture the essence of the song 'The Cat in the Cradle' by Harry Chapin, to remind my client that he needs to spend time with his son. I feel that I have come full circle since ten years ago when I wrote poetry inspired by artwork in an art show.
Doug's Vacation Doug had recently returned from vacation and was contemplating having a photograph turned into a painting. We looked at several of his most favorite photos - I suggested this one as the one with the most interesting composition - Snake River.
	Moses This bird was bred in the US (licensed) from a pair of rare birds imported from Africa. Moses had fledged and was ready to go to his new owners. His breeders asked me to do some paintings of their first 'offspring'. I did several from different poses and this was one of the ones they chose.
Moses II Moses enjoys an apple.
	Norm Niver's Dock Norm Niver, a local advocate for preservation of the Salton Sea, asked me to paint the view from his back window - both as it is now, and as it might appear if the Salton Sea is allowed to dry up. I based the dust storm on one photographed in the Owens Valley, after that was allowed to dry up.
Calla Lillies When redecorating the home office, my client decided that green would be the perfect compliment to the black and white decor so far. She loves calla lillies and asked me to do something different in the composition also.
	Three Birds This lady chose three favorite birds and asked me to match the size and style to my Black Phoebe that she had purchased. Poses were selected and for each I worked from a variety of photos, to capture pose and feathering.
Roger's Dawn This five-piece work on 12" square canvases was designed to fit an unusual space in Roger's dining room. Two small windows are either side of the top image. He chose 'Old Moon' and I did a variation on this that matched his tan wall in the lower part of the sky.
	Moon Life Another commission to fit a narrow hallway. The 6" square wood tiles are placed in a line going up one side of the hall and down the other. Individual tiles are about 1/2" deep and do not overwhelm the narrowness of the space.