Beautiful Golden Retriever, Eve, gained her wings shortly before she would have celebrated her 13th birthday. Her memorial pet portrait was commissioned as a gift for her owner by a close family member. As an artist it is always both an honour and a tremendous responsibility to be trusted...
As a pet portrait artist and keen dog lover, I'm always humbled and honoured when asked to captured the spirit of a dearly departed pet with a memorial portrait. Golden Retriever Oscar reached the grand age of 15, he is fondly remembered and sadly missed. I was...
They say that a change is as good as a rest … and today felt like a 'make-mistakes, get-messy' kind of day … SO ...
Bernese Mountain Dogs Vino & Rioja love searching for squirrels in the woods, so it seemed only natural to portray them doing what they love best, in their favourite place to be. At 18x26" this portrait is somewhat larger than usual and I'm really looking forward to...
Tabby cat Asia has been the subject on my drawing board this week. It has made a refreshing change to be drawing a cat rather than a canine portrait. Tabby cat Asia and Leonberger Indo were drawn as a matching pair of pet portraits. Sadly Asia passed away...
Lovely Leonberger, Indi's portrait was drawn on dark grey Pastelmat using Faber Castell Albrecht Durer and Caran D'Ache Musuem Aquarelle pencils, applied dry then blended with water. Once the foundation was dry enough to work over the depth and definition was built up using Faber Castell Polychromos along with...