About the studio
One studio, real paint, no shortcuts
A small painting studio making commissioned oil portraits and original work, shipping to collectors and families worldwide.
The gallery
A professional gallery with an in-house painting team
We are a professional art gallery with years of experience in the art industry. Boasting an in-house team of designers and professional painters, we create original artworks across diverse styles.
We continuously discover outstanding artists and curate original art exhibitions to share artistic creations with audiences worldwide. Every piece is one-of-a-kind, balancing aesthetic appeal and artistic quality. Through dedicated creation and thoughtful service, we deliver an immersive and delightful artistic experience for collectors and art lovers.
The company behind it
Who you are actually dealing with
SeekArt is operated by Shenzhen Adam Art Co., Ltd., a painting company registered in Shenzhen, China, based in Dafen — the Shenzhen district known worldwide as the oil painting village, where painters, framers and shipping agents have worked side by side for decades. Being here matters to you in practical ways: canvases are stretched, varnished, packed and handed to freight forwarders within walking distance of the studio.
We also run a sister site, DafenArtHub.com, operated by the same company with a different product line. If you cannot find what you want on either catalogue, ask — between the two studios we can paint almost anything.
- Legal entity: Shenzhen Adam Art Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China
- Contact: [email protected], or the WhatsApp button in the header — a person answers, not a bot
- Invoicing: card or PayPal in US dollars, with a proper invoice from the company
- Shipping: rolled in a rigid tube, tracked, insured, worldwide
Why hand-painted
The one thing a filter cannot do
Any phone can turn a photograph into something that looks like a painting in two seconds. That is genuinely useful for a social media post, and it is not what we do.
A filter applies one uniform texture across an entire image, which is why every filter output looks the same after you have seen twenty of them. It does not know that the light in your photograph comes from the left. It does not know that the dog's left ear is in shadow, or that the horizon should be softened so the eye can finish it.
Oil paint behaves differently depending on what it is sitting on, how thick it is, and how long it has been drying. Layering it means the painting changes slightly every time you walk past it. That is not a feature you can download, and it is the entire reason someone commissions a painting rather than buying a print.
If you want a print of something, buy a print — they are excellent and they cost $40. If you want an object your family keeps for eighty years, that is a different purchase, and it is the one we make.
In the studio
How a painting gets made
Principles
How we work
- Published prices. The whole table is on the site. You should know what a fourth face costs before you email anyone.
- Nothing is charged until you have seen the plan. The mock-up comes before the invoice.
- Honest about source photographs. If your photo will not carry the size you want, we will say so before you pay.
- Real oil, and we will prove it. Photographs of the actual canvas, plus the texture you can feel with your thumb.
- The painting is yours; the image is the artist's. Stated plainly, up front, on the terms page.
Say hello before you commit
Most commissions begin with a question rather than an order. Ask it — we answer every one.