Lily’s Christening
A few months ago I drew a portrait of baby Lily and her parents. The photo I worked from was taken during her christening. Andrew, my client, is her dad’s brother and he wanted me to create this memory of…
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True Image Fine Art - Professional family and pet portrait artist creating hand - drawn and hand - painted portraits from photographs. I accept commissions.
A pencil drawing of three shetland sheepdogs
I was contacted by two sisters from Scotland in August this year. They were enquiring about commissioning a very specific portrait of their three shetland sheepdogs. Marianne and Wendy liked my previous coloured pencil drawings of shelties and wanted something…
Engagement Portrait
In June this year I was contacted by Melissa about commissioning a pencil drawing of her friends’ engagement. They were getting married in a couple of weeks and she needed my to create something quite fast. I usually have a…
A View from the Killarney Lake Hotel
This painting is one of many landscape paintings I worked on to date. It is painted from a photograph taken from the Killarney Lake Hotel overlooking the Killarney Lakes. It not only features the lakes themselves but also a beautiful…
Ann-Marie and Eugene with Henry in Carvoeiro Portugal
I painted this lovely family portrait of Ann-Marie and her husband Eugene with their lovely son Henry in July this year. They took a family trip to Carvoeiro in the Algarve in southern Portugal earlier in 2025. Eugene was celebrating…
Nora – a pencil drawing
This is a drawing of Nora, which was commissioned by Emma a few months ago. My client, Emma, emailed me a couple of photos of this lovely lady. She chose the photograph below which pictures Nora in a lovely way,…
PJ in a farm field with his cattle
I painted a portrait of PJ and his cattle a couple of months ago just before the summer. His portrait was a commission from his daughter-in-law. This was a birthday gift for PJ’s son, my client’s husband. Jayme, my client,…
Emily hugging labradoodle Lilly
In June this year I was busy painting a portrait of Emily with her pet dog Lilly. You can see the connection they share in the image. I wanted to translate this onto canvas for her. Lilly sadly passed away…
Mother and Daughter holding hands
I drew this pencil sketch based on a photograph taken in a hospital. The two hands holding are those of a mother and daughter. My client, the daughter’s friend, commissioned this drawing after her friend’s mother passed. It was a…
Hank the Charolais bull
I was commissioned to paint Hank for his family a few months ago. He is a blond coloured prized bull that was kept as a pet by his family on a farm in Leamlara in county Cork. He sadly passed…
Goose the Eglish Springer Spaniel
I painted this lovely English springer spaniel dog a few months ago for his family. Goose sadly passed away last year and his owners miss him terribly. He looks so happy in his local park, in his element as the…
Clanard Court Hotel in Athy county Kildare
I was commissioned to paint an aerial view of the Clanard Court Hotel a couple of months ago. The hotel is family owned and the painting was a gift for the family that set up the hotel 20 years ago…