Sally Trueman is an experience portrait painter specialising in children's portraiture. Displayed here are examples of her work that have truly incorporated the personality of the sitter and her artistic integrity....

Andrew Fitchett's popularity as a talented Commission a Portrait artist reflects his ability to capture a physical likeness of the sitter as well as a true essence of their character, personality and soul.

You're a quick step away from a portrait by one of Italy's rising portrait artists Alice Andreoli. Send six photographs of yourself or a loved one, and in 3 weeks time you could have an original Andreoli hanging on your wall.

Vincent Au has been fascinated with portraiture since he was a small boy. His love of drawing people began at a very early age and has eventually led to a successful carer as a figurative artist.

Claire Milner has been creating mosaic portraiture and handmade paper collage portraits for over ten years. She originally trained as a Graphic Designer and spent a number of years working in the Design and Illustration industry where she maintains many high profile clients.

Zachary Walsh is a very flexable portrait artist who is happy to work in either oil on canvas or acrylic on canvas, depending on your taste and the nature of the commission.

Kelly-Anne Davitt is a Portrait painter of ever increasing reputation. Her enormous talent for capturing the character and personality of her sitter was applauded by the National Portrait Gallery, London, where she exhibited her work in the BP Portrait Awards 2003.

For those of us who love the idea of a portrait of themselves or a loved one hanging in their home or office, but who cringe at the often pompous implications that are traditionally associated with it, then David Watmough's pencil drawings are perfectly suited to you.

Dan Green's extraordinary portraiture fills a room with a sense of optimistic verve. Full of life, energy and poise his work reflects a desire to achieve a primary goal. "That the portrait is in the first instance a true likeness of the person depicted, but also beyond that creates an overall character of the person, as they are at that particular moment in time. "

Christian Furr is the youngest artist to have officially painted Queen Elizabeth II. At the age of 28 he was commissioned by the Royal Overseas League in London after the Queen chose him, from a short-list of artists.

Chapman is one of the UK's leading mosaic artists and specialises in portraiture using ceramic or glass tile. His ultra realistic images are the result of hours of painstaking work and meticulous attention to detail.

If you're looking for a portrait painter whose paintings combine abstraction and figurative images to reinforce each other's effect, look no further than Dutch artist Escha Van Den Bogerd. Escha is an artist of exceptional intensity who creates vibrant, realistic-looking portraits. Her artworks show great emotional power and working with acrylics on both canvas and paper she is able to paint highly detailed portraits.

Lars Schotzau is both a talented painter and a photographer. He prefers to paint directly from photographs, which are to be provided by the client. His prices for a photography commission start from £170 for each photographic portrait. His painting commission prices start at £250. Prices will depend on the nature of the commission.

Lucille Hughes is one of Australia's artist celebrities. Lucille and her work has been featured on numerous National Australian TV shows.

Vikky Furse has been undertaking portrait commissions for the past seven years and has exhibited them in the Westminster and the Mall Galleries, in London and Gordonstoun School in Scotland. As a figurative artist working, in acrylic on canvas, oil-and dry-pastel, charcoal, and other media on paper, Vikky's confident approach and affable temperament is unquestionably suited to the genre.

Stephen has been painting for over twenty years, receiving phenomenal acclaim in both America and Britain. David Bowie, Iman, Marlene Dietrich and Yehudi Menuhin are just some of the subjects of Finer's portraits.

Robert Klimek documents the world around him through the macro eye of the photographer's lens. Often highlighting the minuscule and the magnified, Robert klimek finds abstract form in the most unexpected of places, drawing our attention to its simple, yet exquisite beauty....

Paul Mckenna is a versatile painter working in a variety styles. Graduating in Fine Art in 1993, he feels equally at home in abstract and figurative, landscape and portraiture. He works mainly in oils, acrylics and pastels, on canvas, board or paper. He also occasionally works in mixed media/collage.

Stewart Kenneth Moore is a British Born painter living and working in Prague. Stewart visited Prague and fell in love with the city; it's atmosphere and it's thriving artistic community and decided to make it his home. He is now part of an exciting group of figurative artists exhibiting throughout the region....

Ralph Shepard has been painting portraits for over forty years. Now one of only twelve painters in Britain to hold the title of Fellow of The British Society of Painters, his dedication to his art has led to countless portrait commissions and exhibitions of his work. The British Society of Painters was founded in 1987 and is dedicated to promoting and preserving the craft of the traditional artist. Other Fellows include Pietro Annigoni, Rowland Hilder OBE, Terence Cuneo OBE, CVO, and David Shepherd OBE....

"The completion of a successful portrait for me is the moment the client feels recognition with it, and ultimately wants to take it home and make it theirs." Toni Cogdell. Toni Cogdell's portrait paintings beautifully capture those intangible moments of human reflection. The experience of being abandoned in our own thoughts and emotions, however fleeting, is one that we are all familiar with. Cogdell's paintings powerfully reflect how that moment of absorption manifests itself in our physical and bodily appearance and in doing so allows the viewer an ephemeral glimpse into the human soul....

Victoria Fontaine- Wolf is an internationally renowned portrait painter who has travelled all over the world to produce her portraiture. Countries include the USA, Venezuela, Martinique, Curacao, Jamaica, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Bahrain and the Channel Islands. She has also worked for Portrait Associates executing portraits in public schools, including Eton and Benenden in the UK....

"The face is the window of the person; I find people endlessly fascinating." Says Margaret Steel. With over twenty years experience Margerat Steel specialises in people and animal Portraiture. Having developed her own technique of painting which she calls, 'Printing by Hand' - a method which consists of initially composing her subjects in fine dots using a 0.1 mm nib rotring pen, before finally adding watercolour - she is able to reveal the finest of textures and details - the contours of a face, animal fur, and textile. The result is hyperrealist in minute detail.

Matt Franks has always felt portraiture to be an intriguing aspect of art. "Trying to capture a sense of someone's personality on paper is challenging and it is equally hard to draw someone's likeness, when even the slightest fault will mean that the picture may not be a true likeness", he says.

Commission a Portrait artist Adrian Gatie's photographs, whether for newspapers, magazines, books, record companies, or personal commissions, have become synonymous with the celebrity personality.

Claire Alexander believes that a good portrait painting, "expresses the artists attitude towards their subject, an important element in creating a work of fine art as opposed to simply taking a photograph".

Anthony grew up in an extremely creative environment and was exposed to great art from a very early age. Sir Stanley Spencer (1891-1959), a family friend, painted Anthony Rudd's family home the 'Brewhouse' in Cookham, and inadvertently helped fire Anthony's desire to become a figurative artist.

Amy’s method of portraiture starts with an in-depth conversation with the commissioner about their goals and dreams for the project, followed by preliminary sketches in various media on paper and culminating with a work on canvas. She provides support and advice to the client at every step. Believing a commission is collaboration between the artist and the client, Amy coaxes the sitter’s character and creativity onto the canvas.

Maurizio De Angelis is a realist painter specialise in portraiture. He lives and works in London and for almost 15 years he has focused in painting in oil on canvas. Whenever is possible, Maurizio prefers to take pictures of the sitter in his studio in Hackney where he has the right lightning system and camera equipments. Before that, he normally discusses with the sitter about the pose, expression, lighting and narrative elements presents in the scene. Once he gets the pictures, Maurizio makes a first selection and then works together with the sitter in order to find the best photograph. Once the selection has been made the work can start! If there is not the possibility to meet with the sitter, Maurizio always asks for a good quality photograph. A generic portrait sizing approximately 70 X 50 cm is completed in about 3 weeks. His size and cost start from: 50 X 40 cm (20X16 inches) Oil on canvas £1600 50 X 65 cm (20X26 inches) Oil on canvas £1800

Neil Miley is a painter of adult portraiture, figurative work and landscape, including urban landscape. His portraits vary in style depending on the character of the sitter or their preference in painting style. Neil’s work is not dominated by his creative impulse but reflects his relationship with the subject. He is guided by the requirements of the client in determining the character of the work.

Tom Griffin has been working as a portrait artist all his adult life and while he does paint other subjects too, he feels a natural affinity with the human face and form. His style ranges from very detailed and realistic to a looser, more impressionistic approach but he always tries to capture something of the essence of the subject and is he tends to pay particular attention to the eyes.

About the Artist Patrick Palmer is a classically trained painter who studied at Heatherley’s School of Art (Chelsea) and The National College of Art and Design (Dublin). He was also given personal tuition by a close friend of Francis Bacon and has studied life drawing for nearly 20 years. “I love it!!! Really I do - well both of us do - my husband thinks it not only looks like Kingsley, but like him when he was that age”. Gillian, London 2010. Specialises in… He specialises in children’s portraits, generally in charcoal or graphite as well as large, full-body, semi-nude commissions in charcoal and sometimes in oil. Size of Commission Patrick is happy to create a piece specifically to fit your dimensions. Guarantee The final image is not handed over until the client is 100% happy with the result. Photographs/Working from Life He likes to spend a great deal of time on the pose and lighting and then takes hundreds of photographs to work from in his studio.

Stanley has been producing portraits both as paintings and photographs for many years, as well as painting wildlife portraits for illustration and publication.

In my portraiture I am concerned to capture something of the character of my sitters, as well as their likenesses, and I like to be clear from an early stage that the sitter is happy with the general composition and plans for the finished piece.

I draw in pencil and charcoal, and paint in oil on canvas, as well as on small panels. Most of my pictures are made from life, though I also work from photographs, or a combination of both. My studio is in South Wales, though I can travel if necessary.

During my chaotic, early teens there were occasional moments of focused calm during which the tendency to draw a face or a likeness germinated, grew, and hopefully is growing still.

Portraiture 'drew' me (yes, I learnt a lot from self-portrayal) and this inclination has never diminished. I derive immense satisfaction from realising a true likeness of someone in a painting; something photography [inevitable artists aid though it often be]can't always guarantee.

I like to spend some time with the sitter, occasionally photographing him or her in various light conditions and from different angles throughout the session. I strive to capture typical stances, looks, and expressions and I often make appropriate suggestions to highlight particular characteristics. This crucial process cannot be hurried: it should be relaxed and pleasurable.

My heart lies with painting human faces and human bodies. I think the human face is intriguing and I think that he painting is more charming than the photograph. The face lives and it is never the same. The past, the present, the character, the feelings, the colours and odour, it is that what can be seen from one’s face. When I start a new portrait, a new painting I am very excited about it. Lots of interesting questions about the person/ the photograph that I have in front of me . How will I find the person’s true ego? Which colour on the pallet should I use to express one’s inner personality?

Artist Simon Butler believes that a good portrait should capture the personality and character of the subject in a special moment in time. Specialising in oil on canvas, his realistic approach has been appreciated by many, including his contemporaries.

Jeff Hall is an established portrait painter with over fifteen years experience of portraiture commissions. His wealth of experience and natural talent for capturing the likeness of the sitter, their personality and character has lead to a number of high profile commissions and work held in private collections throughout the UK and Europe.

"To paint people is to create a definite presence on a canvas, the stronger the presence, the more successful the portrait. A Portrait artist must not only capture a likeness, but also a sense of presence, character and time". Albert Lentacker.

Specialising in oil on canvas, Steven Lynch had his first solo exhibition at the tender age of nine. Painting in oil on canvas so early on in his life enabled Steven to begin to acquire his own sense of style and technique much earlier than most artists...

Anthony Barrow has been a commission-based artist since 1983. His vast experience and natural talent for capturing the underlying character of the sitter, even when it comes to the difficult task of painting very small children, can be clearly seen throughout all his past commissions.