Custom portraits from your photos · Digital orders through Etsy
A gift made to bring a smile
Our story · Montréal

A little art.
A lot of heart.
Usually bread.

We make portraits for the moments a camera could not quite hold: the whole family in one place, a pet who never sat still, or the people you wish could have shared one afternoon.

Find your portrait ↗
Gouache-style illustration of artists gathered around a studio table in Montréal
The Pinecone way

Some stories need
more than one photograph.

Picture a table in Montréal. There are pencils, paintbrushes, coffee cups, and quite possibly a baguette where the ruler should be. That is the spirit behind Pinecone Portrait: warm, curious and attentive to the small things that make people themselves.

Families do not always live in the same city. Children grow. Pets move the instant the camera comes out. We start with the photos you have, then work with you on a picture that feels like the memory you want to keep.

Some portraits live on a wall. Some arrive as a file to share with everyone. Others become a hand-drawn original. The important part is the feeling when someone opens the gift and says, “That is us.”

From our portrait gallery

Real people. Real keepsakes.

See past commissions ↗
Commissioned family and cats portrait
Everyone made it into the picture.
Commissioned couple and dog portrait
A little world of their own.
Commissioned multigenerational family portrait
Generations, together again.

Tell us who belongs
in your picture.

Explore the portraits ↗