Oil Painting Commissions in Nashville and Nationwide

Commission a Painting of What Matters

I create commissioned oil paintings from the places, people, and objects that hold a life together.

A commission may begin with a landscape you want to return to, an old family photograph, or an heirloom object whose meaning cannot be replaced. Working from your references, I translate the subject through the same atmosphere, color, and sense of mystery that shape my studio work.

I welcome inquiries from Nashville and Middle Tennessee collectors and ship completed paintings throughout the United States.

No perfect photograph or finished brief required.

Meaningful Landscapes and Places

A custom landscape painting can hold the feeling of a childhood home, family land, a garden, a familiar road, a favorite journey, or another place tied to your life. I can work from one strong photograph or combine several references to create a more complete composition.

I do not copy the source image exactly. I use light, color, atmosphere, and movement to make the place feel present again. Large-scale landscape commissions for private homes and interiors are especially welcome.

Heirloom and Ancestral Portraits

My Lost & Found portraits begin with an old family photograph and build outward from it. I select quilting fabric that carries something of the person's character, history, or era, then use color and paint to bring the figure forward through time.

These heirloom portrait paintings are made to hold more than a likeness. They are for the people whose presence still belongs in the home.

Heirloom Objects and Meaningful Still Lifes

Objects absorb the lives lived around them. A vase used for generations, a set of tools, garden flowers, saved jewelry, a handwritten recipe, or another ordinary object may carry as much memory as a photograph.

A still life commission offers a way to preserve a person, family history, or season of life through the things that made it tangible.

A Place, a Person, or an Object

You do not need to decide what kind of commission you are requesting before reaching out. These are simply three ways a painting might begin.

Looking for a Painting for a Particular Space?

I also work with collectors, interior designers, art consultants, and hospitality clients seeking an original painting at a particular scale. I can consider wall dimensions, sight lines, palette, and the atmosphere of the room while creating a work that carries its own presence and remains recognizably mine.

You Bring the Meaning.

I Make the Painting.

I work in realism, but I am not simply reproducing a photograph. The best commissions begin with a subject that genuinely matters to you and your trust in the way I handle light, color, atmosphere, and paint.

You do not need to arrive with the composition solved. Send what you have and tell me why it matters. I will let you know whether I believe it can become a strong painting in my visual language.

I do not make exact copies of photographs, sold paintings, or another artist's work.

A Simple Commission Process

1. Send the idea

Tell me about the place, person, object, or space you are considering. Attach reference photographs if you have them. If you do not, begin with the idea.

2. I recommend a direction

I review the material and reply with any essential questions, a suggested format, two or three useful size options with exact prices, and a realistic timeline. If a short conversation would help, we can arrange one virtually or in person for an appropriate Middle Tennessee project.

3. Reserve the painting

If you would like to move forward, I send a brief written proposal confirming the subject, dimensions, medium, price, timeline, and delivery plan. A 50% deposit reserves the project in my studio calendar. The remaining balance is due when the painting is complete.

Most oil commissions require approximately three to six months. Large-scale work may require additional time. Local pickup or delivery may be arranged in the Nashville area, and completed paintings can be shipped throughout the United States.

Commission Pricing

Finished oil commissions are available in these common sizes:

8 × 10: $600
11 × 14: $825
16 × 20: $1,200
24 × 36: $2,000
30 × 40: $2,300
36 × 48: $2,750

Larger finished oil paintings are available and are priced using the same retail model.

Other commission formats begin at:

• $250 for charcoal or drawing

• $350 for watercolor

• $375 for an oil or acrylic study

• $450 for a Lost & Found oil-and-fabric portrait

There is no charge to share an idea or ask whether it is a fit.

After reviewing your inquiry, I can recommend two or three size options with exact prices.

A 50% deposit reserves the painting, and the remaining balance is due when it is complete.

A Few Common Questions

About Katelin

Katelin Schutt is a contemporary realist painter based in Thompson's Station, Tennessee, just south of Nashville. Her work explores memory, transition, and the mystery held within ordinary places, people, and objects.

Her paintings have been featured in Arts to Hearts and exhibited at Electric Shed, Pearview Gallery, and David Lusk Gallery's pARTisan. Her work is held in private collections in Tennessee, Virginia, Mississippi, and Florida.