The Flannigan Home Collection
Greg & Suzanne,
Thank you for inviting me to be part of your new home. After reviewing my notes from our conversations and the photographs of your spaces, I’ve developed a collection designed specifically for the way your home is experienced.
Rather than approaching each room independently, my goal is to create three original paintings that feel connected through palette, atmosphere, and light while allowing each space to have its own distinct character.
Collection Overview:
Before making any recommendations, I considered how each room is experienced—where your eye naturally comes to rest, the architecture of each space, and how the paintings would relate to one another as a collection. The recommendations below are intended to create balance throughout the home while allowing each space to have its own character.
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Kitchen
60 × 36 Original Oil Painting
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Dining Room
30 × 30 Original Oil Painting
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Master Bedroom
48 x 30 Original Oil Painting
Kitchen:
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Recommended Dimensions: 60 x 36 Inches
As the visual anchor of the collection, the kitchen painting is designed to establish the overall tone for the home while maintaining a comfortable relationship with the surrounding architecture. Viewed from the kitchen, dining, and living areas, it will serve as the collection’s primary focal point while allowing generous breathing room within the space.
A larger statement piece remains an option. My recommendation reflects what I believe is the best balance of scale, composition, and visual harmony while also allowing for more practical packaging and shipping.
Dining Room:
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Recommended Size: 30 × 30 inches
Positioned between the table lamps, the square format creates a quiet, contemporary focal point. Its proportions provide a pleasing contrast to the long buffet below while maintaining generous space around the artwork.
Bedroom:
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Recommended Size: 48 × 30 inches
The primary bedroom calls for a quieter visual experience than the gathering spaces. This painting is intended to create a sense of calm at the end of the day while maintaining a relationship with the broader collection through palette, light, and atmosphere.
Collection Vision
While each painting will respond to its individual room, they will be developed together as one cohesive collection.
Rather than depicting the same subject repeatedly, the collection will be unified through a shared sense of place expressed in light, atmosphere, palette, and composition.
Minnesota lakes and shoreline
Changing skies and atmospheric light
A restrained natural palette
A progression from expansive gathering spaces to quiet places of retreat
The result will be three paintings that feel connected throughout the home while allowing each room to have its own personality.
Collection Investment
| Artwork | Investment |
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| Kitchen | $4,800 |
| Dining Room | $3,800 |
| Primary Bedroom | $4,200 |
Original Artwork Investment: $12,800
Professional Packaging & Shipping
Estimated: Approximately $1,500
Packaging and shipping costs will be finalized once the artwork is complete and delivery arrangements have been confirmed. Any variation from this estimate will be discussed and approved prior to shipment.
Framing
The investment above reflects the original paintings. Should you decide to frame the artwork, I would be happy to recommend and coordinate custom float frames selected specifically for your home. Framing options and pricing can be reviewed together once the paintings are complete.
Project Timeline
1 — Collection Design
Composition development, palette refinement, and overall collection planning.
2 — Studio Painting
The three paintings will be developed concurrently to ensure they relate to one another in atmosphere, composition, and color.
3 — Finishing
Final varnishing, professional preparation, and packaging.
Estimated Completion: Approximately 12–16 weeks from project commencement.
Commissioning Your Collection
A 50% deposit ($6,400) reserves your project on my studio calendar and begins the design phase.
The remaining balance is due upon completion, prior to professional packaging and shipment.
Thank you again for considering me for this special project. I look forward to creating a collection that reflects both your home and the Minnesota landscape that inspires it.
Warmly,
Anne Zimmerman Briand