My name is Magnus McLeod.   Welcome to my electronic Office!   Please call me Magnus.    I paint commissioned portraits of loved ones, ancestors and pets.  Because I am a perfectionist, I paint electronically.  As a perfectionist, I will work very hard indeed to create an image that delights you.

I shall be delighted to hear from you!   Please make initial contact by email,  at magnus@portraits-by-magnus.com,  or by telephone,  and tell me your wishes.  My telephone number within the United Kingdom is 01474  322499.  If telephoning from outside the United Kingdom, please telephone 44  1474  322499.                 

• I almost always work from photographs.  I much prefer to take these myself, because it makes my work much easier if I can meet my subject and study him or her in person.  However, since I do work from photographs, I can paint portraits of subjects I cannot meet.

• Before I start painting I require a 25% deposit which is not refundable.  When I have finished your portrait, you will not have to pay the balance if you do not wish to have the picture.  This has never happened, and I am sure it never will, but it is an undertaking to you that I feel I must make. 

• My fee for a head and neck portrait is currently £2,500, or $3,800.  A life-sized, full-length portrait would cost a good deal more, depending on exactly what you wanted.  Very large pictures are possible, 50" or 127 cm. by several yards or metres long.   My fee includes a full-sized print of the portrait, of the finest quality.  In the case of a head and neck portrait, the face would be larger than life-sized, and the picture approximately 20"x 25", or about 50 x 64 cm.  Further prints in various sizes can be ordered for the cost of the print, and of packing, insurance and postage.

• I would be happy to offer,  free of charge,  my advice regarding the choice of a frame.   My painting time is precious,  but for an agreed fee,  I could also have your picture mounted by my printer in London, select a perfect frame and have the framing done by a framer in Rochester whom I trust.  The glazed and framed picture would then be professionally packed and shipped to you.

• I use all my initials in my signature, hence my portraits are signed  AMG McLeod.

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The picture behind my page banner is derived from my memorial portrait of a Victorian Colonel, painted for the present-day Regiment.  To see this detail from his historical portrait,  in full colour, please click the thumbnail picture on the left.  Please bear in mind that you will see a 197 KB JPEG, a very low resolution substitute for the 71 MB TIFF from which it is derived!