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Custom Commissioned Artwork in Muskoka, Toronto, Ontario & Beyond

The Garage (Cottage Commission)
A custom commissioned cottage painting by Muskoka artist Emma Lee Fleury featuring a snow-covered Ontario cabin surrounded by winter forest, preserving a meaningful family property through original Canadian artwork and custom home portrait painting.

In a world filled with mass-produced décor, there’s something incredibly meaningful about owning artwork that was created specifically for you.

A commissioned painting is more than something that hangs on a wall. It becomes a personal story, a preserved memory, a conversation piece, and often a legacy that can be passed down through generations. Whether it captures a beloved cottage, a family home, a meaningful landscape, a business, an album, or a completely original concept, custom artwork carries an emotional connection that simply cannot be replicated.


As a Canadian artist based in Muskoka, Ontario, I create commissioned artwork for collectors, homeowners, interior designers, architects, businesses, musicians, developers, and families throughout Muskoka, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and beyond. Every commission begins with a conversation. I want to understand not only what you want painted, but why it matters to you.


Some commissions are deeply personal. A family cottage where generations have gathered every summer. A waterfront property that represents years of hard work and achievement. A landscape that reminds someone of home. Others are creative collaborations, such as album covers, conceptual artwork, environmental paintings, or large-scale contemporary pieces designed for commercial spaces and private collections. The Coven was created for a couple in Alberta for their family home, a piece bringing the wonder of a endless starry sky with the roar, warmth of a fire in the woods and a sense of belonging through expressionism painting.


Coven — Custom Commission for Alberta Couple
A custom commissioned acrylic painting by Muskoka artist Emma Lee Fleury featuring a glowing campfire beneath a star-filled night sky surrounded by Canadian forest, created as original artwork for a couple in Alberta and a meaningful private commission.

I have also created custom paintings of cottages and homes throughout Ontario. These commissions are often some of the most meaningful projects I work on. A cottage is rarely just a building. It represents family traditions, childhood memories, summer evenings, celebrations, and time spent together. Through painting, those memories become something tangible that can be enjoyed every day.


Custom home portraits offer a similar experience. Whether celebrating a newly completed custom build, commemorating a family residence, or creating a meaningful gift, these paintings preserve not only the structure itself but the feeling associated with the place. Many clients tell me the artwork captures something photographs never quite could.


One commission, Sweet Dreams, was created as custom album artwork. The painting became part of a larger creative identity, helping communicate atmosphere, storytelling, emotion, and visual branding for the project. Artwork has the ability to communicate ideas and emotions in ways words often cannot.

Beyond residential commissions, I regularly work with businesses, entrepreneurs, hospitality brands, developers, and interior designers seeking original artwork for professional spaces. Custom artwork can completely transform the atmosphere of a room, creating a focal point that feels authentic, thoughtful, and unique to the environment.


Sweet Dreams — Album Cover Commission
A commissioned album cover painting by Muskoka artist Emma Lee Fleury featuring a ghost ship sailing through dramatic ocean waves beneath a stormy sky, created as original contemporary artwork for a Canadian music project and creative commission.

For interior designers, original artwork offers an opportunity to create spaces that feel curated rather than decorated. Instead of selecting artwork that thousands of others may own, a commissioned painting allows every colour palette, scale, subject matter, and emotional tone to be tailored specifically to the project. Whether it's a luxury Muskoka cottage, a Toronto condominium, a boutique hotel, a restaurant, a corporate office, or a private residence, original artwork adds a level of character and sophistication that mass-produced pieces simply cannot achieve.


My commission work spans many different styles and subjects. I create contemporary landscape paintings, Muskoka scenes, Canadian wilderness artwork, environmental art, abstract paintings, conceptual works, architectural portraits, custom home paintings, cottage commissions, album artwork, commercial projects, and large-scale statement pieces. Some clients come with a clear vision. Others simply share an idea, memory, or feeling and trust me to bring it to life.


Home (Residential Commission)
A large-scale commissioned painting by Muskoka artist Emma Lee Fleury depicting a luxury Ontario home in winter with glowing lights and snowfall, created as custom Canadian artwork celebrating a family residence and meaningful place.

Many people searching for a commission artist in Muskoka, Toronto, Ontario, or Canada are often surprised by how flexible the process can be. Commissions can be created from photographs, sketches, personal stories, site visits, existing concepts, or collaborative discussions. Every project is unique because every client is unique.


Whether you're looking to preserve a meaningful place, celebrate an important milestone, create artwork for a new home, elevate a commercial space, develop custom artwork for a brand, or invest in an original piece that reflects your personal story, commissioned artwork offers something truly special: a piece that exists nowhere else in the world.


I am currently accepting commissions for cottages, waterfront properties, family homes, luxury residences, businesses, hospitality spaces, album covers, environmental artwork, contemporary abstract paintings, large-scale installations, landscape paintings, and custom fine art projects throughout Muskoka, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and internationally.


If you're searching for a Muskoka artist, Toronto commission artist, Ontario painter, Canadian landscape artist, custom artwork for interior design projects, or original commissioned artwork inspired by the places and stories that matter most, I'd love to hear about your vision and explore what we can create together.



Custom Commissioned Artwork in Muskoka, Toronto, Ontario & Beyond.


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