Simba the Cocker Spaniel in Two Portraits
I created two portraits of Simba a few weeks ago. Her owners lost her a few months ago due to old age and they miss her so much. They wanted to have some unique artworks of her in their sitting…
Category pet portraits
A Portrait of Charlie Bird and Tiger
This is a painting commissioned for Charlie Bird for his work on fundraising for Pieta House. He recently opened one of their new centres in north Dublin and on the occassion was gifted my portrait of him with his beloved…
Gibbs and Ziva, a portrait of two chocolate cocker spaniel dogs
I was contacted by the ISPCA (Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) a few months ago. They purchased a gift voucher to be used for one of their colleagues retiring. This is not the first time they did,…
Two basset hounds, a cherry blossom tree and two butterflies
This commission was a compilation of photographs and ideas that a client contacted me with a couple of months ago. His idea was for me to create a portrait of his two dogs, beautiful basset hounds, with a cherry blossom…
Winston
Winston’s portrait was commissioned with a gift voucher a few weeks ago. The voucher was purchased as a Christmas present for the client’s brother. I was delighted to receive the lovely photos of Winston to work from. He is just…
Toby at Killiney Bay
Earlier this year (2022) I worked on a painting of Killiney Bay in south county Dublin. It featured Toby, a very cute family pet dog, and was commissioned as a keepsake for his owners. Toby sadly passed away last year.…
Two Paintings
These two acrylic portraits were commissioned by Tara’s husband as a gift to commemorate the year 2020. In May of this year Elvis, the cat, much beloved by Tara sadly passed away. In August of that year their son was…
Two Small Dog Portraits
I have recently worked on two very small drawings. They were each just 20 x 15 cm in size which is the smallest size I work in. I used graphite pencils by Staedtler and Faber-Castell all with some charcoal content…
Lily
This is a painting of Lily, the cute tan corgi cross dog. She is lying on a stairs landing in her owners house. The painting was commissioned from a client in the UK, but it was gifted to a lady…
Killian with his three whippets
I worked on Killian’s portrait last year. It was commissioned as a present from his fiancee. He just loves his dogs, one of whom passed away last year. My client Lauren wanted me to capture all three dogs with Killian…
Tyson the rottweiler
I painted Tyson, the beautiful rottweiler dog last autumn. It was commissioned as a gift for the client’s friend. Tyson sadly passed away before I painted her, unusual name for a female dog. She looked so beautiful and regal in…
Bea and Siog
I was reviewing my work for the last year or so and realised I haven’t posted a blog post in a few months. I have so much work that I have not shared and I will try and catch up.…