Cookie points to eight artists who will create incredibly interesting portraits of your child. My favorite is this example by Christine Shields, whose portraits cost $500 and up. From the Cookie post:
Before she starts a painting, San Francisco portraitist Christine Shields interviews parents to "pick up clues" about her subjects. Then she turns to photographs for inspiration. Shields figures out what aspect of the child's nature she wants to convey; she'll often have a beloved animal symbolically come to life in the portrait. The results are a compelling blend of strange and lovely, evoking both folk art and fairy tales.
