• A Treasured Pet

Many people feel strongly about their pets and an oil painting is sure to bring them to life. Don't limit your thinking just to pets.  If you have a favorite picture of an animal you took a picture of on safari in Africa, or maybe just a beautiful deer in the backyard, an oil painting is a great way to admire them daily.

• Sports

Just about everyone plays sports, and some of those great shots of you playing your favorite sport in the past or present would make a great painting. How about that action photo of you making a great bunker shot at the golf course, or carving the moguls on the slopes, or conquering the big wave surfing. The list is endless, and a painting will let you relive that great moment forever.

• An Extraordinary Car-Plane-Boat

Many people are passionate about their vehicles, whether you race cars or collect antique ones, have a boat or plane you love, or maybe you have a tractor that has special place in your heart. You can capture that emotion in an oil painting and live your dreams everytime you see it.

• A Graduation Gift

Everyone has a photograph of their graduation, whether from High School, a karate class, or perhaps you have fond memories looking at your picture graduating from NASCAR Racing Academy. You never forget these moments, but you can bring extra meaning to them and enjoy them more fully and often if the are preserved in a painting.

• Prize for an Event

People get sick and tired of getting the same old trophy made of cheap brass-colored plastic. Shock them, amaze them and make your event one people will remember by having a custom painting created to commemorate the victor or pre-commission a painting that represents the theme of the event.

• Family Heirloom

Few families these days have heirlooms to pass down through the generations. Having a painting created that captures something special about your family such as a group portrait, commemoration of a family business or home, or maybe special grandparents that can be remembered forever, would all serve well as a treasured momento that could be passed down from generation to generation.

• Favorite House or Scenery

Do you love your home and would you like to preserve the memory of it or perhaps you have a special picture you took on your family vacation to the North Pole, Disneyland, your house in Fargo, North Dakota. Celebrate that memory in a painting that will keep it alive forever. Put it on the wall in your house and enjoy the memory every time you walk past it.

• Anniversaries and Special Occasions

Everyone has an anniversary, or some type of special occasion to celebrate, either for themselves or someone that's important to them. Birthdays, wedding anniversaries, Christmas, Chanukah, or other important dates that it would be great to give or receive an oil painting that

• Present for the Boss

Lots of companies give their bosses presents for different occasions, and typically as soon as they get out of sight, the presents are thrown in the trash or stuck in a drawer. How about giving them something that will thrill them, something they can proudly display on their office wall, reminding them daily what great employees they have?

• Wedding Portrait

This is an obvious one. Can you imagine how thrilled your son, daughter, or their parents would be to receive and a gorgeous oil painting capturing that special moment to be treasured forever?

• Capture Your Child's Youth

How quickly our children grow, soon adults and on their own. Wouldn't it be great to have a permanent memory of their childhood to proudly display in your living room, so you never forget those special years?

• And many, many more...

Really, the ideas are limitless. Use your imagination, combine several pictures to make a composite of your family, or how about standing next to your favorite Formula 1 car with driver's suit on, ready to live your dream. Just about every hobby is a great subject for either yourself or someone you love. Think about how excited your husband would be to receive a painting of his favorite photo or of him teeing off at the golf course, or of your wife riding her horse or cuddling with her dog.

Get creative, order a painting, and be prepared for an incredible thrill, and a rush of emotion, as you see your painting for the first time.