Commissioned Portraits
Maud Taber-Thomas does commissioned portraits in oil and charcoal for individuals, families, and institutions.
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Please scroll down for examples of her work. You can also visit the Commission Process page for information about how it works.
![Charcoal Portrait Sketch](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_265d857dfa7945be93326253ed247c66~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_751,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_265d857dfa7945be93326253ed247c66~mv2.jpg)
Charcoal on Strathmore, 18 x 24", 2024
![Charcoal Portrait Sketch](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_d8d428e67b1048e4ac33d74d5ea48d4d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_730,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_d8d428e67b1048e4ac33d74d5ea48d4d~mv2.jpg)
Charcoal on Strathmore, 18 x 24", 2024
![Charcoal Portrait Sketch](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_7f778370b781438f9039ead6c7b4b4ed~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_743,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_7f778370b781438f9039ead6c7b4b4ed~mv2.jpg)
Charcoal on Strathmore, 18 x 24", 2024
![Charcoal Portrait Sketch](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_46764d079e364163ae5c8c8f4370d1dc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_46764d079e364163ae5c8c8f4370d1dc~mv2.jpg)
Charcoal on Strathmore, 18 x 24", 2024
![Charcoal Portrait Sketch](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_895cefcaadd54488ba6c2048a58deaa3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_727,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_895cefcaadd54488ba6c2048a58deaa3~mv2.jpg)
Charcoal on Strathmore, 18 x 24", 2024
![Charcoal Portrait Sketch](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_ac035ad6577f4f5f8f1ee2fff906e3b2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_743,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_ac035ad6577f4f5f8f1ee2fff906e3b2~mv2.jpg)
Charcoal on Strathmore, 18 x 24", 2024
![Sula](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_248d89d186b44a609a2823a3c630b4a2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1278,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_248d89d186b44a609a2823a3c630b4a2~mv2.jpg)
Oil on Canvas, 12 x 16″, 2020
![Studies for Sula](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_d06a9a5366a64add8940e1b23716ebd5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_392,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_d06a9a5366a64add8940e1b23716ebd5~mv2.jpg)
![Isabel](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_b0e7b9480596453fab2eea9cf6b2253a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1217,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_b0e7b9480596453fab2eea9cf6b2253a~mv2.jpg)
Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40", 2019
![George](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_ee93eacc57724e5f86ec48cd0acdafc4~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1175,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_ee93eacc57724e5f86ec48cd0acdafc4~mv2.jpeg)
Oil on Canvas, 20×24″, 2019
![Sketches and Studies for George](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_be51e842717e48c5a09e1270ae3dc2fb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_630,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_be51e842717e48c5a09e1270ae3dc2fb~mv2.jpg)
![Jette](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_47ab2c1eefb744f795ec05168ca8d446~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1224,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_47ab2c1eefb744f795ec05168ca8d446~mv2.jpg)
Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20", 2023
![Epperly Boys](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_38ac0495d7c6445da8b0342a993c5448~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_736,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_38ac0495d7c6445da8b0342a993c5448~mv2.jpg)
Charcoal on Arches, 18 x 24″, 2019
![Martha Cutts, Head of School, Washington Latin Public Charter School, Washington, DC](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_0df8a7d8dcc047e58be3c333caad6e62~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1310,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_0df8a7d8dcc047e58be3c333caad6e62~mv2.jpg)
Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40″, 2019
![Gideon, Gabriella, and the Runaway Bunny_Oil on Canvas_36 x 48](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_f6e003e1de4d4180b4cd738bdcd8f405~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1312,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_f6e003e1de4d4180b4cd738bdcd8f405~mv2.jpg)
Oil on Canvas, 36 x 48″, 2016
![Parker Hamilton, Director of the Montgomery County Public Libraries](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_2b6b0af4b26647648e9138820070a398~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_2b6b0af4b26647648e9138820070a398~mv2.jpeg)
Oil on Canvas, 16×20″, 2018
![State Supreme Court Justice Thomas Stark](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_c01fe476db794cd5a30c80c0d66046d0~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1307,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_c01fe476db794cd5a30c80c0d66046d0~mv2.jpeg)
Oil on Canvas, 24×36″, 2017 On display in the Suffolk County Supreme Court Building in Riverhead, NY.
![Portrait of a Lady in a Hat](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_5c60e6b5475544dc82ce45da50ab5939~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1192,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_5c60e6b5475544dc82ce45da50ab5939~mv2.jpeg)
Oil on Canvas, 30×40″, 2016
![Max](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_1b72c6e13d8b4ef5964fe223d50b23e5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1315,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_1b72c6e13d8b4ef5964fe223d50b23e5~mv2.jpg)
Oil on Panel, 12×16″, 2016
![Eliza](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_b05f8310fd884e48ae42a68985b176ff~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_621,h_941,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_b05f8310fd884e48ae42a68985b176ff~mv2.jpg)
Oil on Canvas, 24 x 30", 2017
![Parsons Portrait](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_3b34089a1fd84a92bbb72c3efd7b0fe7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1309,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_3b34089a1fd84a92bbb72c3efd7b0fe7~mv2.jpg)
Oil on Canvas, 30×40″, 2015
![Otto](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_af90a729663145e4823258dec4d20a7c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1308,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_af90a729663145e4823258dec4d20a7c~mv2.jpg)
Oil on Panel, 12×16″, 2016
![Erin and Winnie](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_6f5050e4b9ff4deb844042c06caa1064~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1220,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_6f5050e4b9ff4deb844042c06caa1064~mv2.jpg)
Oil on Panel, 16 x 20″, 2014
![Glen](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_e37dd043424446089826583e9f4d718b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_769,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_e37dd043424446089826583e9f4d718b~mv2.jpg)
Oil on Panel, 11″ x 14″, 2013
![Glen Sketch I](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_5dfacc31bfee4f7eb7a5be5b8fd179cf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_730,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_5dfacc31bfee4f7eb7a5be5b8fd179cf~mv2.jpg)
![Glen Sketch II](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_ef11853d73f541bab2276b5ce3f3249d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_732,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_ef11853d73f541bab2276b5ce3f3249d~mv2.jpg)
![Two Brothers](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_532f3a231d624421aab3da1dd9f433e0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_728,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_532f3a231d624421aab3da1dd9f433e0~mv2.jpg)
Charcoal, 18″ x 24″, 2013
![Family Portrait in the Style of P. G. Wodehouse](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_5b11baa6619242abaf55cf0b0f341742~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1293,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_5b11baa6619242abaf55cf0b0f341742~mv2.jpg)
Oil on Panel, 12 x 16″, 2013
![Lura: Art for Art's Sake](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_59e85b2d645940259c5f87e2ce69a19f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1291,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_59e85b2d645940259c5f87e2ce69a19f~mv2.jpg)
Oil on Canvas, 48 x 36″, 2012
![Ella](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7d7aa_7f4eddc7377948589acd57ca13bf78a0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1269,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/e7d7aa_7f4eddc7377948589acd57ca13bf78a0~mv2.jpg)
Oil on Panel, 16″ x 12″, 2011