His full name was Surgalstown Danny Boy and he belonged to a return client from Kilkenny, Ireland. His portrait was commissioned as a birthday present for her daughter who rode Danny and was very successful with him. His stable name…
A couple of months ago, I was contacted by Maura and Orla fro the Irish Hospice Foundation. They wanted to commission a painting of their co-worker Bryan riding on his horse PJ. The portrait was to be a gift for…
This is a small horse portrait I worked on in August. The horse is Afriska ‘Frisk’ and it was commissioned by his owner as a keepsake. I worked from two photos, one for the pose and one for the detail.…
I received a lovely email from this year’s first client. It was a painting of Milly, the horse that the client trained. She had the painting framed and it is now hanging in her home. I think the frame works…
This is the latest painting to come off my easel. I finished it over the weekend after working on it for almost two weeks. It is 30 x 40cm in size. Ryan is the little boy and Jenny is the…
This is the first painting of 2017. It is of a brown horse called Milly. The painting was commissioned by a client from Kilkenny. I completed a painting of another horse for her last year, so I was delighted she…
This is the latest horse portrait I have completed of a beautiful mare Arlie. Her portrait was commissioned by her trainer. Arlie was educated by the client and she performed at the RDS in 2015 in the 6yo class. I…
I have finished working on this painting over the weekend. I scanned it today and tried to match it as closely to the original as I could. The painting is 30 x 30 cm in size painted with acrylics on…
I have finished this white horse painting yesterday morning. It was such an enjoyable painting to work on. The plan originally was to create a subtle landscape background with some greenery, but at the last minute I have decided to…
Below is the final scan of the horse and jockey portrait drawing I have been working on for the past few days. It is 25 x 20cm (10″ x 8″) in size, it is drawn with graphite pencils on Fabriano…