When I meet with a client for the first time they often say, I don’t know what I want, as far as the design. I like to meet at their house so that I can see what their style is, contemporary or traditional; colorful or muted. I show them photos of work I’ve done in the past and I can usually tell what they like. I can then make suggestions. I will not copy another work they may find in a magazine or online but I can tailor their design in a way that I honor their choice but don’t copy another artist’s work.

This client told me that she liked the artist Miro and she wanted to throw in an abstract head of her Greyhound dog and the pointy ears of her cat. It was fun incorporating her ideas to make a personalized work of art.