Personalized Birthday Gifts

A personalized birthday gift should feel like them, so start with what they love most. The person who is always the life of the party gets a caricature or cartoon portrait; the dog lover gets their dog as an admiral in a royal portrait; the car, boat or motorcycle owner gets the machine they wash every Sunday, painted in watercolor or drawn in pencil.

Milestone birthdays deserve something that lasts: a best friends portrait for a 30th, a boat or car portrait for a 50th, a fishing portrait of the catch they still talk about for a 70th. For a child's birthday, a child portrait grows with them on the bedroom wall. Add the date or a few words; we letter them under the painting at no charge.

For a surprise, choose a photo they posted themselves: it is usually the one they like best. Caricatures and cartoons work from almost any clear, smiling face, while watercolor and royal portraits reward a photo with good light. If the birthday is close, the framed print is the quickest way to arrive ready to give.

You see a proof within 24 hours and we change it until it is right. Nothing is printed until you approve, and the finished piece is on the wall 6 to 13 business days after that, shipped free anywhere in the US.