Kim Garside, is an artist who creates gorgeous personalised hand paintings and the quality is stunning. Kim has a degree in visual arts from Canada, and a primary teaching degree from the UK.  She lives in Raglan on New Zealand's West Coast, she has 2 young children.  Kim's portrait style came about after the birth of her first son, and she nows enjoys painting for children all over the world. The handpainted portraits are painted on a 16mm thick board, or 40mm thick canvas, in quality artists acrylic and sealed with clear uv and scratch protectant.

All you need to do is supply us with a photo, you can choose your own colours and even tell us how you would like your painting for your portrait, the portraits can be individual or of your loving family.

The handpainted Portraits are available in Canvas or Board and come in varying sizes.

Board: Small 20x20cm x 1.6 cm, Med 30x36cm x 1.6cm, large 60x60 cm x1.6cm, x/large 90x90cm x 4cm.

Canvas: Small 20x20cm x 4cm and Medium 30x40 x 4cm

If you have a request for a hand painting that is not shown on our website please email info@Kidscapes.co.nz and we would be happy to discuss this with you.