House Portraits by Mary Casserley make an ideal portrait gift for your partner or family. The House Portraits are high quality original artwork. Mary Casserley has been working as an artist and illustrator since 1985 and produces superb watercolour/pen and ink house portraits throughout London and the Home Counties.

Mary's portfolio includes house portraits and drawings of properties ranging from small terraced cottages to large country estates. Mary Casserley also undertakes commercial commissions from businesses, churches, town councils, schools and colleges.

Mary Casserley is happy to work on commissions from real life i.e. Mary will visit your property, set up her drawing board, and work on location. Equally, if you prefer, Mary will photograph your property and work on the illustration from photographs and quick sketches. If you have a favourite photo that you want to provide yourself – that’s fine too!

How much does it cost for an illustration of your home?

The actual pictures are full A3 size (approximately 42cm x 30cm) and double mounted. Mary Casserley works on acid free watercolour paper (140 lb weight quality).
The cost is £200 per mounted picture and includes travel of less than 1 hour from Berkhamsted, Herts.

If your project involves more travelling then please contact Mary to get an idea of what it will cost. Most people find that the cost is not really prohibitive. As stated above, Mary is also quite happy to work from a photograph.

Once you have bought your portrait it is entirely your property, Mary keeps a photocopy for her own reference, but the image is yours. Some people like to scan them and turn them into place mats, party invitations, postcards and much much more. Businesses may use the image as part of their corporate stationary or on their web site.

Picture Framing Service

If you wish to buy a handmade wood frame for your picture then a picture framing service can be provided by Toto Mellet of Berkhamsted. Alternatively you may wish to buy your own frame independantly to suite the style of your decor.

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The method of working with pen and ink with water colour

Working in pen and ink with transparent water colour washes, it is Mary's amazing attention to the smallest things - from doorbells and letter boxes to specific flowers in the garden and the correct style of bricks on the chimney that make Mary's houses unique. Throughout her lifetime, Mary has created hundreds of private commissions - affordable "house portraits" of family homes, first home portraits, dream home paintings or simply portraits of homes with significant sentimental value. Her paintings have "travelled" as far away as Asia, Australia and the United States as well as from coast to coast across Britain. It is her greatest pleasure to be able to provide an original and meaningful piece of art that captures a special memory for its owner. Mary can create a home portrait that your family will treasure for years to come.