CONTACT OR CONTRACT MICHAEL BELL

E-MAIL: info@mbellart.com
for commissions, to request Michael Bell's work in your Gallery or Museum, or for appearance inquiries.

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BOOK MICHAEL BELL
Michael Bell is a dynamic, charismatic and inspiring motivational speaker. Book Michael Bell for Workshops or Presentations that will touch the hearts and minds of your audience on the following topics:

  • How to Promote and Prosper as an Artist
  • Teaching Art to Gifted and Talented Students
  • Visual Journaling
  • Portfolio Preparation
  • Expanding Vision Through Art
  • How to Master the Advanced Placement Portfolio
  • New Directions in Painting
  • How Art Helps Heal Wounds that run so deep
  • How to Provide New Teacher Support and
          College and University Partnerships


    • Fee range: $1,500 - $5,000
    + travel/hotel accomodations

    HOW TO COMMISSION A WORK OF ART

    Every picture requires a unique approach. If you are exploring the possibility of commissioning Michael Bell to paint a portrait, mural, or some other original piece please contact the artist. Michael will offer you ideas and share suggestions on many different options for you to explore artistically and financially. Contact Michael Bell for an estimate regarding your situation.

    WHY A PORTRAIT BY MICHAEL BELL?

    A portrait painted by Michael Bell will immortalize you, or your loved one. Photographs can start to fade in a number of years. A portrait is a wonderful way of acknowledging someone, to remember them forever as a work of fine art. Art can communicate beyond words, reveal the true soul of an individual and can also share their story visually with the world.

    Michael Bell has painted, by commission, some of the most famous people of our time, including the late John Gotti, actors from The Sopranos, CSI: Miami, Law & Order, Goodfellas, A Bronx Tale and more! Bell was initially labeled a Gangster Artist due to some of his high profile drawings and paintings for his alleged real-life Gangsters and clientele that play Mobsters on TV and in Movies. As Bell began to branch out and really explode onto the scene (in terms of a broader audience) some of Bell's "Sopranos" pals started introducing him around New York as: “Celebrity Artist” Michael Bell...and the moniker stuck with him ever since.

    Backed by an impressive list of solid credentials and celebrity clientele, Bell has become quite well known as a "Celebrity Artist to the Stars" and has steadily become just as famous and as intriguing as many of the celebrities he has portrayed.. He's also steadily becoming one of America's most important figurative painters and one of the world’s most famous living artists working today.

    WHAT'S INVOLVED & HOW MUCH WILL IT COST?

    Michael Bell's pricing standards are determined by size, medium and sales to protect you, the collector. Currently Bell's pricing standards are $10 per square inch for oil paintings on canvas. A smaller 30" X 40" painting on canvas, as seen in Bell's "Cinema of Truth" paintings or NEW "For the Love of Chocolate" paintings retail for $12,000.00 US per painting (US). Bell’s more popular square format mixed-media oil paintings on canvas (60" X 60") as seen in Bell's "Ticket to Ride" Painting Series retail for $50,000.00 per painting (US), same as the $50,000.00 US for the most popular format of all: the widescreen, cinematic 48” X 96” oil paintings on canvas. All wall murals done in your home or business, indoors or out are also priced according to size. A standard 8' X 16' wall on average costs approximately $7,000.00 US (pricing may vary).

    DOES MICHAEL REFERENCE PHOTOS?

    Yes, however Michael does work from life whenever possible. Since individuals aren't reducible one way, a photograph becomes simply an integral part of the process. The ideal scenario for Michael involves sketching the person live from observation, while also taking some digital photos for later reference.

    WILL MICHAEL PAINT MY EVERY IMPERFECTION?

    This depends upon what the implied meaning behind the work is about and what your situation is. For the most part he won't if you don't want him to. Everyone has distinguishing features that makes you uniquely you. Some characteristic wrinkles, scars, or blemishes on a persons face or body are necessary to include so that they do in fact look like who they are supposed to look like. These decisions are ultimately decided upon between the artist and client.

    CAN I SEE THE WORK IN PROGRESS?

    Yes. Michael Bell encourages your involvement in this wonderful process of creation. Michael Bell can either e-mail you pictures in progress, or place them online for you on his website. Although a digital image will not due the original work justice, it is a good way to confirm that work is in progress, and it serves as a great final confirmation for the client and Michael Bell prior to shipment.

    WHAT IF THERE IS SOMETHING I WANT TO CHANGE?

    Minor changes can always be made prior to shipment. Michael Bell is confident that he can resolve any issues you may have with a work viewed in progress and is open to discuss any of your concerns. Your feedback and constructive criticism are a welcome, integral part of the commission process.

    E-MAIL: info@mbellart.com

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