Holly, Buster and Casey
I finished working on this portrait yesterday and I scanned it today. It was a large one and I worked on it on and off for three weeks. The drawings take a while to take shape I find, but when…
Category dog portraits
Sam the Collie in the Donegal mountains
I recently worked on this lovely painting of Sam, a lovely collie dog with a backdrop of the Donegal mountains. The portrait was commissioned as a Christmas present for the client’s partner and Sam’s owner. Sam is no longer with…
Chihuahua ‘Molly’
This is the latest painting to come off my easel. I added some finishing touches to it today and scanned it this evening. The painting is of Molly the lovely chihuahua. It is 20 x 25 cm in size and…
Jack Russell ‘Eddie’
I finished working on Eddie’s portrait just yesterday and I scanned it today. It worked out very well I think. Eddie is just beautiful in the reference photo and I really wanted to capture his expression in the painting. I…
Girl and dog portrait
I have completed this portrait a few weeks ago. It is of a lovely boxer called Alfie and his owner Jacqueline. It was commissioned as a wedding present for Jacqueline to remind her of Alfie, who sadly passed away. He…
Chocolate Labrador Bobby
I finished this portrait last weekend. It is of a lovely chocolate labrador called Bobby. The painting was 30 x 40 cm in size and it was painted with acrylics on canvas, as usual. I used two reference photographs, one…
Rough Collie Dog – tinted drawing
This is the last portrait I completed in 2015. It is of a lovely rough collie called Jess. The drawing is 15 x 20 cm in size, the smallest portrait size I work in. It was drawn with coloured pencils on…
Golden Retriever Painting
This is another Christmas commission I have completed in December. It is of Ripley, the beautiful golden labrador retriever. The painting was painted with acrylics on canvas 40 x 40 cm in size and it was given as a Christmas…
Happy New Year
I wish you all a very Happy New Year 2016. I would also like to thank everybody who is following my blog, and who has commissioned a portrait with True Image Fine Art. I haven’t been blogging my latest Christmas…
Three dogs portrait
I completed this portrait a week ago for a client in Dublin. It was a wedding present for the clients’ neighbours and friends, who own the three dogs pictured in the painting. The cute beagle in the back belongs to…
George
This is the latest painting that was finished in my studio this week. It is of George, a lovely jack russell terrier. The portrait is painted with acrylics on stretched canvas 30 x 30cm in size. The painting was commissioned…
Dog Portrait Painting
I have completed this portrait a few weeks ago. I posted the progress pictures and here is the final scan of the finished portrait. It is of Sassy. The portrait is 30 x 40 cm in size and the client…