Here's my original Star Trek paintings for sale, by well-known and respected professional artist, Sonia R. Hillios. All paintings are fully original art, approved by
Paramount, and all but one are professionally and beautifully framed too. Some are signed again on the back paper, with the message "Live the Dream." All paintings were purchased directly from Sonia, and all images have been published on various
licensed items, so they also have that "cachet" going for them. Click here to jump down to the list and skip the blah-blah, or click on above pics for larger ones. See my What's New page for recent site additions and price reductions.
PLEASE read the main points on the "How to Order" page if interested in buying anything, before you e-mail or call me, thanks. I'm NOT buying, thanks. Site navigation links are at the bottom of all main pages.
Sonia is an award winning sci-fi/fantasy artist who's done Star Trek and Star Wars paintings for Hamilton plates, DC
comics, novels, trading cards, magazine covers, lithographs etc., and her work is gorgeous! And she's one of the nicest people you'll ever deal with. I
bought some of her originals in the mid/late 1990's, and then later bought some more during a once-in-a-lifetime sale for past customers, as I couldn't let the deals go by. (I have other cheaper Trek art on my regular Star Trek and/or Comic Art page, see links at the bottom.)
Now's your chance to buy some of these one-of-a-kind fine art paintings, most below appraised value. All come
with an appraisal from a professional appraiser Sonia uses, and some appraisals are more than 12 years old. I think that Sonia's art is a bargain compared to what you can pay for
some fancy Trek lithographs and cibachrome prints, some of which list for $3000-4000, and those are COPIES folks, not the original. If you have that kind of money, why not buy an
original in the same ballpark? Why pay $3000-$8500 for a lithograph there's 500-2500 of, just because it's signed by most of the cast of one of the shows, who will be signing stuff for
years to come, when you could own an original painting of published art for less? You don't need to be Spock to see the logic in that. And compared to what some original pen & ink (black & white
art) small comic book cover art sells for, even more recent ones by big name artists, and compared to Alex Ross original comic cover paintings that sell for $60,000+, and what other Trek artists ask for their paintings, these paintings are a steal.
So get in on these great pieces and prices now before they go into other people's collections. Explore strange new looks from spouses, seek out new lines of credit, new depths of debt, and boldly buy something that no one (except me) has bought before!
There will be a contract to sign, basically stating that all copyrights and reproduction rights to the images are
reserved by Paramount and the artist, and that you can't reproduce the art in any form without permission. This means you can't go making posters and lithographs and the like
from the originals. And don't copy or hotlink to the pics from here to use elsewhere either. Thanks.
The "bad" news is I can't take credit cards directly, or Paypal, and I know that will kill me with certain people, but that's the way it is. I'm a small collector, and even though these are expensive items, I won't deal with Paypal,
and I don't qualify for a credit card merchant account, and third party processors charge far too much, or have low dollar limits on transactions
or monthly totals, defeating the biggest purpose of taking credit cards. The good news is that I take interest free payments, and like it says on my Order page, you can use credit
card advance checks, just be aware of the fees and interest rate. You could then do a balance transfer to a better rate card, if you have more than one, and be aware that may
cost you another fee, but maybe not during a low rate promotional offer. I MIGHT consider using one of the online escrow services if someone insists, but YOU'LL be paying any added
fees charged for that service (2%-6% on one of the big escrow sites, which also has a limit of $5000 on credit card transactions) and I may decline to use them too. I KNOW I'm
good for my end, as do hundreds of past customers. I have lots of references (see my guestbook for some), am honest and dependable, and you can contact
Sonia about me too (e-mail me for that info, or go to TimeLineStudio.com and contact her through there), so you know this is all legitimate.
All art is hand painted by Sonia using a variety of techniques, including airbrush. Framed with "acrylic glazing," (plastic type) not glass, so they're much safer to ship. Shipping estimates will vary by carrier and other factors. I don't do Fed-Ex, as I have no business account or status, so it'll be UPS or someone else that takes regular consumers.
Now for the list of paintings. Clicking on "view" will open the pics in a new window/tab, so you don't have to keep hitting "back" and reloading this page. There
will be some reflections and some glare spots in some pics, mostly near the bottom, can't be helped, but rest assured the matting is all the same color all around, with no waving in it.
Due to camera quirks, some background "suns" or white spots appear larger/brighter than in person, and colors may be off a little, as everyone's monitor settings are different. I tweaked things so they looked reasonably close on my monitor:
"Deanna Troi" - Made for the Star Trek Next Generation Porcelain Card Collection from Hamilton. Waist-up portrait painting of our favorite Betazoid counselor, as played by Marina Sirtis. Beautiful! Nicely framed/matted in 2-level black metal. Framed size is
22"Wx29"H, painting is about 18"x24", image area is about 15.5"x20.5". Back when I bought this, Sonia's similar size portraits of other main crew members were priced at $4900-$5500,
but Troi was lower priced for some reason, so I grabbed it up. Reduced! Was $5000, now...$3,999 (View)
"Enterprise NCC 1701-D" - This painting was made into a poster by Star Struck Corp, called "Space, the Final Frontier." Beautiful image of the second
most famous Enterprise ship. Very large painting--framed size is 44"Wx34"H, image area showing is 34"x24", and painting itself is 40"x30". Thick gunmetal metal frame, triple matted. Ship art is very
popular for posters, and very few original paintings of the Enterprise D are ever for sale. Beam it aboard for...$7,999 (View)
"Kirk's Lost Love" - This painting was done for the cover of Star Trek #75, the DC comic book, from the 1989 series. A stunningly realistic image of the '60's TV series era James T. Kirk, with his "lost love" Carol Marcus, the Enterprise 1701A overhead, a
shuttle craft, and the San Francisco bridge. Anyone know Mr. Shatner? Maybe he'd like to buy it? (C'mon Boston Legal writers, this would make a cool joke in a scene, and you could auction it off later to recoup the cost!) Beautifully framed with a black and gold accented metal frame, and matching matting, this is one of the best pieces of Star Trek original comic
art you'll find. Framed size is 27.5"Wx38"H, painting size is 20"x30", image area is 19"x29". Be the envy of your Starfleet chapter with this on your wall! Will throw in a choice of other Trek/Kirk collectibles, and the signed-by-Sonia Star Trek #75 comic too! (View comic.) Painting appraised back in 1995 for $7500, it can be yours for
33% off that (hey, it's better than Quark would do), at...$4,999 (View)
"Klingon Bird of Prey" - Made for the Star Trek Next Generation Porcelain Card Collection
from Hamilton. Two Bird of Prey ships patrol past a blazing sun. Thick black plastic frame, darkish green outer mat with multiple inner matting. Framed size is
38.5"Wx29"H, image area is 28"x18.5", painting itself is 29"x19.5". Be the pride of the Empire and the envy of every other Klingon House
with this hanging in the back window of your shuttle craft, with your bumper sticker that says "My other ship is a Bird of Prey." Appraised back in 1995 for $5800, it can
be yours for about 33% off that (a bargain for such an honorable work, plus a free item thrown in), so K'plop down...$3900 (View)
"Locutus" - Made for the Star Trek Next Generation Porcelain Card Collection from Hamilton. A
tribute to the fan favorite episode of "Best of Both Worlds," this features a nice head shot of Capt. Picard as his Borg identity "Locutus," with a Borg cube ship holding the Enterprise
D in a tractor beam. Beautifully framed with double black metal frames, and double matted in a dark green/gray mat, and inner gold mat. Framed size is 22"Wx27"H, image area is 13.5"x18.5", painting
itself is about 15"x20". I didn't get as much off this one as 3 of the others listed (which were from the good sale), as I bought it in 1999, so it's discounted only a little bit, but then again, it's now 12 years after the appraisal. BUT, I'm going to throw in, FREE, the really
cool Locutus of Borg bust, by Legends in 3 Dimensions (View). Limited to 5000, 8.5" tall, with real metal pieces on a cold cast porcelain bust. This was $149.95 retail new, but for
some reason everyone is giving them away cheap now, so I know I'll never move it for the $100 I have into it. So I'll give it away too, AND pay the shipping for the bust, how
about that? As new in box, never displayed. Locutus says, "Buy this. Resistance is futile. Your money will be assimilated. Make it sold! I'm the Captain of the X-Men now too, and I'm in your mind, buy
this!" Appraised at $4500 back in 1995 when it was done, the painting will cost you...$3,999 (View)
"Strange New Worlds V" - Made for the cover of the paperback novel of the same name,
features most of the more famous ships of Starfleet, from all eras, zooming away from Earth, with a large Roman numeral "V" imposed over Earth. Enterprise 1701D is
the centerpiece, surrounded by (clockwise) the Daedalus (one of the early Starfleet ships), Defiant, the original Enterprise 1701, Reliant, Voyager, and Enterprise B. Ship
art is very popular with posters, and here you get all the main ones on one piece--THE piece, not some paper copy. NOT framed, but matted in gray marble outer mat and black
inner mat, shrinkwrapped to foamcore board. Matted size is 20"Wx30"H, image area is 13.5"x18.5", painting is approx. 14.5"x24". Done in 2001, appraised
in 2003 for $4500, it can be yours for about 33% off that @...$2,999 (View)
And for anyone who has the dough and wants more than 1 painting, we can talk about further discounts, up to 40% off appraised price (not on Enterprise, Locutus, or Troi though), if that charges your dilithium crystals, fires your photon torpedo, energizes your matter, ejects your warp core, presses your latinum bar, regenerates your Borg drone, makes your tribble purr--ok I'll stop...
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