This commission query arrived in my inbox from a client returning for a second portrait. I drew a pencil drawing of my client’s grandmother Nora in September 2025. Emma, my client, wanted a memory of her grandfather to hang beside…
A portrait commission is a great and unique gift for just about anyone. Valerie, my client, decided on gifting her daughter and husband with a pencil portrait of their two little girls. Cara, the older 6 year old girl, is…
Meet Michelle and Tia. I re-interpreted a photograph of these two best friend in graphite pencil on paper. I was contacted by the girl’s aunt a few months ago. She wanted to have a memory of Michelle, who sadly passed…
Earlier this year, I was contacted by Marnie. She was enquiring about commissioning a portrait painting of her Mum. This was to be a thoughtful birthday gift for her 60th birthday at the end of March. Marnie’s Mum was visiting…
Julia contacted me a couple of months ago about a custom commissioned portrait for her mother. This gift was to be a very special memory of her uncle Greg, her mother’s brother. A photo of him hung framed in her…
I began the year 2026 with a really interesting project: a colourful portrait painting of a couple – I know I created many of these before – but this time was very different. The photo I was given as a…
This is a portrait painting of Patrick with his puppy labradoodle pet dog called Blue. I created this painting before Christmas. It was commissioned for the little boy’s parents as a Christmas gift. I painted a few paintings for my…
This is a drawing that was commissioned as a Christmas gift for the gentleman in the photo. His wife sadly passed away and their children decided to gift their father a memory of them two outside their home, which they…
I drew this county Monaghan wedding before Christmas 2025. The drawing was a commissioned portrait given to the couple in the photo as a Christmas gift. My client, Jennifer, wanted me to capture her cousin and her new husband on…
I painted a portrait of Doireann with her beloved jack russell terrier dog Bruno in October 2025. Bruno sadly passed away a few weeks before that and his owner Doireann was very close with him. She was devastated over his…
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…
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…