This is an acrylic painting of Butch, the lovely black labrador. ‘He is getting quite old but acting like a puppy each day’ is how the client described him to me when she enquired about commissioning his portrait. The painting was a gift to his owner who will be celebrating his 60th birthday. His two…
Category: dog portraits
Kato the poodle
I worked on Kato’s portrait just last week. I really loved painting his portrait, what a beautiful dog and the reference photo worked so well. It was a smaller square painting 25 x 25 cm in size. I decided to stretch the canvas myself as I can never get a pre-made canvas of that size….
Bruce the German Shepherd
This is my latest pet portrait to come off the easel. I posted it a couple of days ago to a client in Navan, county Meath. She was delighted with the drawing of her boyfriend’s german shepherd called Bruce (what a coincidence, my chocolate labrador is called Bruce too). Unfortunately, Bruce has to be rehomed…
Oscar and Roux
This is my latest pet portrait to come off the easel. I finished it just last week and features two very cute bichon frise dogs called Oscar and Roux. I had two reference photographs to work with for the painting, one for each dog. I put them together into one composition, as if sitting beside…
Two Schnauzers Balhu and Albus
This is the latest dog portrait I worked on this summer. It is of two gorgeous schnauzers standing on a hill. Balhu is the black one and Albus is the white one. I just loved the reference photo, the setting works so well. The dogs were back lit and quite dark so I used some…
Theo and Jess
This is an acrylic painting of a collie called Theo and a pomeranian cross Jess. It was commissioned as a 40th birthday present for my client’s wife. I painted their dogs’ portrait in May this year. The client wanted the two dogs in one painting with a blurred shaded background and for the dogs to…
Grace the Maltese
I created this painting of Grace a few weeks ago. It was a birthday present for the client’s girlfriend. Grace is her dog and is loved dearly. The client gave me lots of photos of this very cute maltese dog. He wanted me to capture her unique personality and having her tongue out was one…
Snoop the Jack Russell
The portrait of Snoop, the lovely tan and white Jack Russell was commissioned as a keepsake for his owner. She wanted something to always remember him by. The client wanted Snoop’s tartan collar to be included as he always wore it. I removed the tag and clip from the collar. She wanted him sitting with…
Cuan the Irish Wolfhound
I worked on Cuan’s portrait a few weeks ago. She is a beautiful Irish Wolfhound puppy. This is how the client described her: She’s an almost 6 month old puppy. She can be a little excitable but I’m sure a lot tamer than most puppies. She’s very obedient, always wanting to please. Can be a…
Six Dogs in Acrylic
This is the third time my client Colette contacted me to create a portrait of her dogs. She adopts abandoned dogs and they are growing in numbers 🙂 When she first contacted me a few years ago, I made a drawing of three of her dogs, beagle Holly, collie Buster and terrier cross Casey, who…