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Artist Dr. Joy Philippou: Commission Terms |
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Type of Work Normally Accepted: |
Painted Icons |
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Medium Normally Used |
Egg tempera and gold leaf for the icons. |
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Availability to commence a new commission |
Normally within days but is willing to deal with urgent demand by allowing some cases to jump the queue. |
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Time taken to produce a commissioned work: |
Depending on size and intricacy and medium required - but usually within a couple of weeks. |
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Acceptable Minimum Price: |
£250 for an oil painting |
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"Many art galleries and churches charge three or four times as much
as Dr. Joy Philippouu for an original icon. Each of these icons is
painted in the traditional manner using matured wood, gesso
egg tempera and gold leaf. Dr. Joy Philippu has been trained by Giorg Alexandrevitch
(ALEEFF) - who was a Russian Court Painter. |
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RESTORATION Dr. Joy Philippou is willing to restore on commission and can produce documentary evidence of previous untertaken projects. Amongst the most celebrated pieces of restoration work undertaken by Joy are two masterpieces by Reubins, two by Sir Joshua Reynolds, two by Chardin, one by Vouillard. In addition, Joy has worked for the Louvre restoration workshop and completed a large number of restorations for wealthy individuals. |
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COPYING Copies can be made in the Chinese and Japanese styles and also certain Picassos, Chagals, Juan Miros et al., as well as any landscapes or postcards a client might want reproduced. |
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MURALS Joy is willing to travel and paint whatever the client asks for, either in her own style or on any picture the patron can provide which Joy can "blow up" onto their wall(s). |
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(Click on the image to see abstract paintings for sale by Dr. Joy Philippou) |
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