Commission an Original Icon

I create original hand painted icons using egg tempera or acrylic paints. If you’d like to commission me to create one for you, please personally email me using the contact form on this website with the following details:

• The subject you’d like to have painted (Christ, Theotokos, a particular saint, or feast day, etc.)
• If a single figure, would you like a face portrait, waist up portrait, or a full body?
• The size of the icon you’d like. Standard sizes include: 4×6″, 5×7″, 6×8″, 8×10″, 9×12″. However just about any custom size can be made upon request! The sizing will depend on the composition of the image you want done as well.
• The type of paint(egg tempera or acrylic)*
• The type of board(if choosing acrylics)*
• If you would like a real gold leaf halo.
• If you would like a real gold leaf halo + background in gold leaf.

After you send me an email with all the details, I will provide you with an accurate pricing quote. The pricing below is to give you an idea of prices for standard sizes(acrylic and egg tempera), for icons with a saint depicted from the waist up.

Shipping will depend on the size of the icon and will include insurance and tracking. Currently I only ship to addresses in the USA!

*Please read more about egg tempera, acrylics, and types of wood boards here before deciding!

Pricing

Pricing for an icon depends on several different factors:

• The complexity of the final image. Is it a whole scene with multiple figures? Or just one saint depicted? Is it the full figure(head to toe?), a half (waist up), or portrait of the face(shoulders up)?
• Size. Just about any custom size can be made. Standard sizes include: 4×6″, 5×7″, 6×8″, 8×10″, 9×12″.
• Gold leaf. The price of gold is high, and it is also not an easy process to apply the gold leaf. A highly reflective “burnished” look can be achieved which takes more time, or a less reflective gold which is easier. Alternatively, gold metallic paint can also be used, or just a regular yellow colored paint.
• Paint type. I can create icons using traditional egg tempera paint(hand mixed powder pigments with real egg yolk), or acrylic paint. There are a few differences with these mediums, and the boards used, which I explain in more details here about the process of creating an icon.

Below I give estimates for pricing on both acrylics and egg tempera with different options:

Acrylic paint standard size icon pricing

Below is a list of prices for the standard sizes mentioned of a single half figure (waist up). Other sizes are available!

*Pre-made board is made of medium density fiberboard with cradle support on the backside.

**Higher quality board is on Birch Plywood or Baltic Birch Plywood, cut and sanded with hand painted gesso.

Egg Tempera standard size icon pricing

Below is a list of prices for the standard sizes mentioned of a single half figure (waist up). Other sizes are available!

*All boards for egg tempera are on Birch Plywood or Baltic Birch Plywood, cut and sanded, with hand made gesso layered on.