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Custom Car Oil Painting From Your Photo
Your car, motorcycle or classic restoration hand-painted in oil on canvas, in the size you choose. Free worldwide shipping and a quote before you commit.
Hand-painted in oil on canvas
A painter mixes the colours and works the picture up over days. Stand close and the brushwork is there.
Any size you ask for
From 20 cm on the short side to 150 x 235 cm. You set the size; we price it and tell you before anything is charged.
Free worldwide shipping
Rolled in a tube, stretched ready to hang, or framed in a moulding you choose. No shipping cost, anywhere.
Close enough to see the brush
This is the difference a photograph cannot show you and a print cannot fake: paint with body, laid in the direction the subject moves.
How your commission is painted
Photograph in soft light
Overcast, or shortly after sunrise or before sunset. Crouch to headlight height and take a three-quarter view.
Tell us the details
Paint colour, wheels, badging, plate shown or hidden, any modification. We confirm price and timeline in writing.
Painted in oil
Bodywork, reflections and stance built up by hand on canvas. You see photographs before it ships.
Free worldwide shipping
Rolled, stretched ready to hang, or framed.
Paintings we have made
Cars are commissioned by people who know exactly what they are looking at. The badge has to be right, the wheel has to be the one that was fitted, and the paint has to be the actual colour rather than an approximation of it. That is the standard this page is written to.
Photographing a car
Vehicles are difficult to photograph well because they are curved and glossy, which means the bodywork is largely a mirror. Two rules solve most of it.
Shoot on an overcast day, or in the hour after sunrise or before sunset. Direct midday sun puts a hard white streak down the flank and turns the windscreen into a sheet of glare. Soft light lets the body's curves read as curves.
Crouch to about headlight height. Photographed from standing, a car looks squat and the roof dominates. From lower down it regains its proportions, which is how the owner sees it in their head.
A three-quarter view, front wheels turned slightly towards the camera, is the classic angle for good reason: it shows the front, the flank and the stance in one frame.
Getting the details right
Tell us what matters. The exact paint code or colour name if you know it. Wheels, badging, a registration plate you want shown or hidden, a modification that is not visible in the photograph you sent. If the car is mid-restoration and you want it painted as it will be rather than as it is, describe the difference and send reference for the parts that do not exist yet.
Backgrounds
Most car commissions are stronger with a simple setting. A cluttered driveway or a car park behind the vehicle competes with it. A plain wash, a garage interior, a stretch of road or a landscape works better, and any of them can replace what was actually there. Motorcycles, vans, tractors and boats are all painted on the same terms.
Size, delivery and time
A car wants a long canvas. Most work well between 60 x 90 cm and 100 x 150 cm; we paint up to 150 x 235 cm. Shipping is free worldwide, rolled, stretched ready to hang, or framed. Production usually takes one to four weeks depending on size and the level of detail, confirmed in writing with your quote.
Send us your photograph
Tell us the size you have in mind and attach the picture you want painted. An advisor replies with a price and a timeline, and nothing is charged until you agree to both.
Questions before you commission
How do I photograph a car for a painting?
Shoot on an overcast day or in the hour after sunrise or before sunset: direct midday sun puts a hard white streak down the flank and turns the windscreen to glare. Crouch to about headlight height and take a three-quarter view with the front wheels turned slightly towards you.
Will the colour be exactly right?
Tell us the paint code or the colour name if you know it, because a photograph shifts colour with the light it was taken in. With the code we match the paint rather than guess it from the picture.
Can you paint the car as it will look when the restoration is finished?
Yes. Describe the difference between the car as photographed and the car as it will be, and send reference images for the parts that do not exist yet.
Can you hide or change the registration plate?
Yes. The plate can be shown as it is, changed, or left blank. Say which in your first message.
Do you paint motorcycles, vans, tractors or boats?
Yes, all on the same terms as a car. The photography advice on this page applies to any glossy, curved vehicle.
What size suits a car painting?
A long canvas suits a vehicle. Most car commissions work well between 60 x 90 cm and 100 x 150 cm, and we paint up to 150 x 235 cm.