The artist’s intention
Explain which parts make the work yours. Identify deliberate distortions, unusual colors or unfinished-looking areas that the painter should not treat as mistakes.
Abu Dhabi / Paintings from an artist’s selected work
Your Artwork, Hand-Painted for an Abu Dhabi Exhibition Project
Keep your visual intent clear when a selected photograph, drawing or digital work becomes a painted canvas.
You may already be discussing a work with an Abu Dhabi gallery or exhibition team. We can paint from your approved source once you have confirmed that studio production fits the project’s rules.
PaletteMomento is a hand-painting studio in Dafen Art Village, Shenzhen, China. A single painter makes each canvas directly on premium linen, with no printed base. We quote the selected work you want translated, from one painting. You approve daylight photos of every completed canvas before shipping.
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Our fastest way to discuss your schedule and price. The written quote follows by email for your records.
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Email: usually within 12 hours. Monday–Sunday.
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01 / Protect the reason this image was chosen
A selected image still needs your direction as a painting
A gallery may choose your image for its subject, mood or relationship with other work. That selection does not answer every question about its painted surface.
Tell us what you want to retain when the image is made in paint. A simple silhouette may need restraint. A layered digital image may need certain overlaps to remain clear.
The selected reference
Mark the version chosen for the project. If the gallery has seen an earlier image, make any proposed changes clear before production.
The physical interpretation
Choose the image dimensions and discuss the desired paint treatment. Keep those choices attached to the selected reference rather than scattered across different messages.
These decisions concern a new physical canvas made from your source. Our artist service guide explains the studio’s production role.
02 / Keep feedback connected to the work
Give the painter one clear direction when several people are reviewing
If both you and your gallery will review the painting, agree who sends the combined feedback. Tell us which comments concern the artwork and which concern its exhibition presentation.
For example, a gallery may ask for a smaller physical canvas while you want the composition unchanged. State both points together so a size request is not mistaken for a new crop.
We share photos and short videos while painting. When you review them, compare the work with the agreed visual notes. The final daylight photos show the actual canvas that needs your approval.
03 / Connect the canvas to the confirmed project
An Abu Dhabi fair preview is one possible deadline, not an exhibition place
Frieze Abu Dhabi runs from 19 to 22 November 2026 at Manarat Al Saadiyat. The 19 November preview is invitation-only; public entry begins on 20 November.
The fair works through selected galleries. Its published 2026 gallery application deadline was 14 May. Commissioning a painting now does not provide a place in that selection.
If your gallery has selected the project, explain our studio’s physical painting role before ordering. Ask it to confirm the applicable authorship and production requirements. Your ownership of the reference does not settle those requirements.
For a confirmed exhibition, use the date your gallery needs the finished work available, which may precede the public opening. We assess the timing of the actual commission. A separate exhibition elsewhere in Abu Dhabi has its own approval and delivery arrangements.
04 / Resolve the selected work
Bring the image your gallery chose, with your own painting notes
If only one work is settled, we can discuss that canvas while the rest of your project remains undecided.
Describe what the painted work should retain from your source and who will review it with you. Include any decisions the gallery has already confirmed.
The commission pricing guide explains how the request becomes a written quote. We can discuss a feasible date once the actual painting is clear.
- The selected image and your notes on its intentional visual features.
- The image width and height, quantity and preferred presentation.
- The Abu Dhabi delivery address and your confirmed project date.
- One contact for combined feedback, plus relevant exhibition requirements.
Studio order & delivery terms
- Made by hand
- Painted directly on premium linen, with no printed base. Acrylic is standard; oil is available on request. One painter takes each canvas from the first marks to the last.
- One piece or a collection
- Orders start at one painting, with quantity tiers from 6 and 21 pieces. Mixed designs count together. A sample is a separate single-piece order, priced on its own and not credited against a later order.
- Rolled, stretched or framed
- You choose the image width and height. Suitable rolled work includes an extra 5 cm of blank canvas on every side for stretching or framing. Please mention a larger allowance before production. Heavy texture should travel stretched or framed.
- A complete delivery quote
- Your quote sets out the artwork, presentation and delivery charges. We work with more than 200 logistics partners to compare express and sea options. Most destinations are served on DDP terms, with exceptions where local customs rules require another arrangement. The quote states the delivery terms for the UAE.
- Time for each stage
- Painting, your review, transport and any local framing are separate stages. Rush production can be requested, and we confirm a feasible date for the actual order.
- Payment
- Usually a 50% deposit, with the balance after final approval and before shipping.
05 / When the project changes
Practical choices for your Abu Dhabi painted work
My gallery selected a black-and-white photograph. Can I ask for a color painting?
For a gallery-selected Abu Dhabi work, adding color changes the proposed interpretation and should be discussed with the gallery first. Send us the color direction you want considered. Do not treat the selected monochrome image as approval of an unspecified palette.
Can I take a canvas to Frieze Abu Dhabi with my visitor ticket?
Frieze Abu Dhabi lists unauthorized artworks among its restricted items. A visitor ticket is not permission to bring a commissioned canvas into the fair. Arrange any artwork submission through the relevant exhibition contact.
My curator comments on a phone screenshot. Should I forward it as a new color reference?
For your Abu Dhabi project, treat that screenshot as feedback unless the artist has approved it as a replacement source. Keep the original file attached and describe the intended change in words. Screen display differences can otherwise turn a presentation comment into an unintended palette change.
The gallery wants a tighter crop, but I want to keep the empty space. How should I brief that?
For your Abu Dhabi commission, resolve that composition choice before asking the painter to follow either version. Show the gallery how the empty area supports your subject. Then identify one approved reference and keep the rejected crop separate from the painting instructions.
Our Abu Dhabi exhibition moved. Can the finished canvas wait?
A finished Abu Dhabi commission can be held at our studio by arrangement. Once you approve it, we suggest settling the balance. We can talk through the storage duration and cost for your revised plan.
Keep the artist’s intention in view
Tell us what your selected image needs to retain
Share the reference and the project you have confirmed in Abu Dhabi. We can discuss the canvas with your visual priorities in front of us.
Talk through your artwork on WhatsApp
Our fastest way to discuss your schedule and price. The written quote follows by email for your records.
WhatsApp: usually an immediate reply.
Email: usually within 12 hours. Monday–Sunday.
support@palettemomento.comOr use our written quote form.