A Custom Watercolor Painting of the Place You Love
Original watercolor and pen-and-ink artwork inspired by the landscapes and history of Hampton Roads — including one-of-a-kind commissions built around your own home, landmark, or memory.
Turn Your Favorite Place Into an Original Painting
Every commission is hand-painted to order — no prints, no templates. Here's how a piece comes together from your first message to the finished painting in your hands.
Share Your Vision
Send a few reference photos of the home, landmark, or scene you'd like painted, along with the size and any details that matter to you.
Confirm the Details
Ray reviews your references and talks through composition, paper size, and timeline before any paint touches the page.
Watercolor & Ink
Your piece is hand-painted in watercolor and pen-and-ink on Arches paper, working directly from your photos.
Delivered to You
Once finished, your original painting is carefully packaged and shipped, or available for local pickup in Hampton Roads.
Typical turnaround and pricing depend on size and detail — reach out for specifics.
Painting Hampton Roads, One Brushstroke at a Time
Ray Miltier is a watercolor and pen-and-ink artist based in Windsor, Virginia. Painting had always been a quiet interest — until a serious accident in 2023 changed his outlook and gave him the reason to pick the brush back up in earnest.
Since then, his work has centered on the landscapes and history of the Hampton Roads area: old farmhouses, quiet shorelines, back roads, and the kind of places that hold a story. Each piece is built up in layers of watercolor and finished with fine pen-and-ink detail.
Today Ray splits his time between original studio paintings and custom commissions for people who want their own piece of that history — or their own home — captured the same way.
Original Paintings & Ideas for Your Commission
Every piece below is an original, hand-painted work — a preview of what a commission from Ray looks like.
Watch Each Painting Come Together
Ray shares the process behind his work on TikTok — from the first pencil lines to the final ink details. It's the easiest way to see how a commission actually gets made.
Ready to Commission a Painting?
Tell me about the place or photo you have in mind, along with a rough size — I'll follow up with pricing and a timeline. General questions and inquiries about original pieces are just as welcome.
- ✉️ [email protected]
- 📍 Windsor, Virginia
- 🎥 @raymiltierpaints
Or send a message using the form below.