The Independent
2006
 It was through Fine Art Commissions that I encountered my portraitist. The gallery asked to see some recent photos of my craggy physiognomy and, assigned me to Nick Bashall.
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Arena Magazine
January 2006
Forget expensive weddings and kids in matching dungarees, nothing says commitment like commissioning her portrait - it's the ultimate ego massage.
Fine Art Commissions, with over 70 reputable artists on its books, combine choice of style, quality and a prudent price, all accessible on its excellent website. |
The Times
2005
Today, in her Fine Art Commissions gallery, now in Walton Street, Central London, portraits on display show how popular this art form now is, freed from its long associations with aristocrats and vanity.
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IN London
December 2005
This Winter, why not over-indulge your friends and family a a little? IN London presents the twenty hottest gifts you could receive as we go shopping...
... Gift certificates for private portrait commissions from Fine Art Commissions 020 7839 2792 |
Evening Standard
October 2005
...The old assumption that it was only the aristocracy who had their portrait painted has undergone a sea-change ... it's not a class thing now. Someone came in and said last year's bonus had gone on a Maserati and this year's was going on a group portrait of the family. He saw it as an investment...
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BBC News Magazine
August 2005
...Sara Stewart, who runs Fine Art Commissions in London, has a roster of 60 artists and a steady stream of clients happy to pay upwards of £500 for a likeness. The basic price would cover a simple head-and-shoulders drawing, with a full oil painting running to between £5,000 and £10,000...
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Fabric
2004
Sara Stewart realised there were people who needed help with having themselves immortalised seven years ago and so decided to set up Fine Art Commissions, central London's only gallery devoted to commissioning portraits on behalf of clients.
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The Times
2002
People are also growing more interested in commissioning their own portraits. Sara Stewart, of Fine Art Commissions says: "I have noticed that there is now a real variety of people commissioning portraits. It is not simply pictures for old-fashioned country houses, but contemporary portraits for contemporary flats.
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FT: The Business
2002
Many portrait subjects may well endure the lengthy sittings shifting uncomfortably, not relishing the idea of having their every wrinkle and facial nuance so closely examined. But increasingly the portrait is becoming the 21st-century take on building a family album. |
Business and Pleasure
It was only a matter of time. If standard lamps, bell-bottoms
and Carmen rollers can muscle their way back into Britain's homes, there was never any doubt that the pendulum would swing back to the noble art of portraiture. After many decades in the doldrums, portrait painting is suddenly very fashionable indeed.
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Everybody suddenly realised that it's a very interesting thing to do." says Sara Stewart, who started Fine Art Commissions five years ago. "Previously, it was men who were rewarded with portraits, say, for a job promotion. But what's new is that women are now commissioning pictures of themselves to celebrate decade birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, important life stages - and even divorces."
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Homes & Gardens
She describes the process of clients looking through the portfolio as similar to perusing an interior decorator's swatchbook - there will be at least seven pictures by each art sit. She represents more than 70 artists to accommodate preferred styles and budgets, and she also has a collection of different portraits of herself by a wide range of artists to help clients decide.
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