figment studios

Kristine Baerlin of Figment Studios creates these hand-painted portraits. She works side-by-side with you, swapping color ideas, deciding on the right size and picking the best photograph with which to work.

She offers her signature "circle" style {pictured above} - which is abstract, bold and contemporary, as well as her "dot" style which is a playful twist on a more traditional portrait.
With a technique that transforms the familiar to the fanciful, her work would make a fun present.