Family Tree Styles & Options

This page provides an overview of the available family tree styles, portrait types, and size options to help you choose the composition that best fits your family. All artworks are fully custom and can be adjusted or combined based on your preferences.

Family Tree Styles

Explore the variety of Family Tree options below. Please keep in mind that there are no set rules, and any elements can be adjusted to match your creative vision. Let your imagination shape the perfect family tree that tells your unique story.

Personalized hand-painted family tree art featuring an older couple sitting on a bench in front of their own family tree.

“Just the Couple” Family Tree

The“Just the Couple” Family Tree features full-length portraits of the couple placed (either seated or standing) at the base of their family tree. Their family’s legacy flourishes above, as the names of their cherished kin are inscribed on the leaves, creating a timeless tribute to their love and lineage.

A beautiful family tree with red maple leaves hand-painted in watercolor for a couple's 50th wedding anniversary. The couple is pictured sitting on a bench in front of a tree with the names of their children and grandchildren written on leaves. The couple's wedding portrait is hanging on the tree trunk in a gold frame. The wife is holding cards to reflect her hobby and the husband is reading a newspaper. Family pets are also present in the painting.

“Anniversary” Family Tree

Celebrate love and the happy couple with the “Anniversary” Family Tree – an elegant and personalized tribute to a couple’s journey. This unique piece features beautifully detailed portraits of the happy couple and their wedding photo framed at the heart of the tree.

Family Tree + Headshot Portraits

This exquisite highly-detailed family tree showcases portraits of the couple at its base (standing, sitting on a bench, in chairs, or at the table), with the rest of the family immortalized in framed headshot portraits hung from the tree’s branches above them.

Tree + Half-length Portraits

This family tree style features the couple with the rest of the family represented as framed half-length portraits. This design showcases each family member’s unique personality and highlights their passions and professions through symbolic elements, making every portrait a personal story in itself.

Custom painted family tree art featuring everyone in the family as full-length portraits.

Tree + Full-length Portraits

This family tree painting style is the ideal choice for those desiring a unique family heirloom to cherish through generations. Each family member is artfully depicted to highlight their individual personalities, creating a timeless piece of art that tells your family’s unique story.
Personalized Family Tree depicting 3 family generations. The artwork uses a mango tree, a tropical beach with palm trees, and leis to symbolize the family's Hawaiian heritage. The couple and their children are depicted as full-body portraits. The grandchildren are portrayed as headshot portraits in frames hanging on tree branches. All the family members' names are written on tree leaves. A banner at the bottom with the names of the couple completes this sentimental keepsake, making it a perfect custom gift for special occasions.

Mix & Match Portrait Styles

You can mix and match different styles of portraits to create a family tree that works best for your family. For example, you can request full-length portraits for the couple and their children and headshot portraits for the grandchildren.

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Custom family tree painting featuring a large portrait of a woman in the center of the tree.

“Focal Portrait” Family Tree

This is the ultimate celebratory gift, ideal for any special occasion where you want to honor someone. The ‘main’ individual‘s portrait takes center stage, with everyone else depicted as headshot portraits. This style tree is great as a gift from friends or a thoughtful retirement gift from coworkers.
Heritage family tree painting for a family with Greek and Ukrainian heritage.

Family Tree (White Background)

This sleek, minimalist family tree painting style features a crisp white background, offering a modern and elegant choice for those who embrace simplicity. Perfect for gifting on occasions like birthdays or anniversaries, the clean design highlights your family’s story with refined, hand-painted portraits and personalized details.

Size Options

Family tree paintings are available in a range of sizes from:

8″ x 10″ to 22″ x 28″

Larger sizes allow for:

  • more family members
  • more detailed compositions
  • more complex arrangements

Custom sizes are available upon request.

Portrait Types

These portrait formats can be used across different family tree styles.

Headshot Portraits

A framed portrait focused on the face. Best suited for larger families or when space is limited.

Half-Length Portraits

A portrait showing the upper body. Allows for more personality and detail.

Full-Length Portraits

A complete figure portrait showing the entire body. Best used for focal figures or smaller family groupings.

Portrait Capacity Guide

The number of portraits that can be included depends on:

  • artwork size
  • portrait type
  • composition complexity

In general:

  • headshot portraits allow the highest number of family members
  • full-length portraits require the most space

For guidance, please refer to the chart below, which outlines portrait capacities for each dimension.

Need Help Choosing?

If you are unsure which combination of style, size, or portrait types is best for your family, you are welcome to contact me before placing an order.

I’m happy to help guide you toward the most suitable composition.