Why make a painting of your home?

Consider transforming your home, garden, or your favorite scene into a unique painting that compliments your artistic sensibility. Not only will it celebrate your abode but it will allow you to share this vision with your loved ones and their descendants for many generations. I will make a portrait of your home with a contemporary painterly realist style that provides a feast for the eyes with sophisticated design and expressive color that any art lover will appreciate, not just the home owner.

Home portraits make a wonderful present, especially for someone recently purchasing or selling a home or for family members no longer able to be near the home. In addition to home portraits, I also make colorful and light-filled garden views, interior views of your home, or perhaps a view from a window. Other options include favorite landscape views such as an outdoor wedding location or vacation spot or even a still-life of a loved one’s favorite belongings. I am open to painting anywhere in the greater San Diego area.

How it works

My smaller oil paintings are broadly painted on site. I set up my easel on the spot where we decide captures the best view. The time of day is important as the light is often essential to best show the character of your home and surroundings. I generally stand somewhere near your home at the same time each day, usually during the morning or late afternoon for about 3 hours for each sitting. Depending on the complexity of the scene it may take 2 or more sittings for a small painting (11 by 14 inch range) or several sittings for the larger paintings. My oil paintings are created on either a high quality archival board or linen.

I work closely with you to get the viewpoint you wish to see depicted. Larger, more detailed and ambitious paintings will allow for an even greater client input to insure every element is exactly the way you desire. I can work with any size and other considerations needed for where the painting will be displayed. High quality prints and greeting card reproductions of the painting are also available on request.

My preference is to paint from observation but in some cases this isn’t practical and then use studies, drawings, photographic reference and memory to paint the scene. My 25 years of painting from direct observation has given me the skills needed to avoid the many problems often seen in paintings made from photographs alone. I would be happy to consult with you the feasibility of working from photographic reference when that is the only option.

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About Larry Groff

I have been painting for 25 years and studied with the internationally prominent cityscape painters George Nick and John Moore. I received an MFA from Boston University and a BFA at the Massachusetts College of Art. I have shown my work at the Sherry French Gallery in Manhattan, New York and in other galleries and museums in the Boston area. I’ve now been living in the San Diego area for the past four years and recently have been focusing on painting views of fine San Diego homes as well as my other landscape and cityscape paintings.

This site features examples of my paintings done of a variety of architectural styles in a wide cross section of San Diego neighborhoods that demonstrate how I might be able to artistically respond to your artful home. On my “Inspirations” page I show art historical examples of paintings made by great artists of people’s homes and gardens, to show the range of artistry and tradition in depicting views of homes, gardens and other architectural structures. This may help you consider possibilities in what might make a grand painting for your own situation.

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