Dogue du Bordeaux ‘Rua’
Rua’s portrait was such an interesting painting I got to complete back in January. It was a wide landscape format in 30 x 60 cm size and I used acrylics on stretched canvas. Rua passed away sadly in autumn 2019…
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Albie the Red Dachshund Cross
I painted Albie’s portrait with acrylics back in December. I wanted to capture the rich reds in her coat. She is so beautiful in the photo the client gave me and I really wanted to do her justice. The painting…
Milo the Jack Russell
This is an acrylic painting of Milo, the lovely small jack russell dog. The painting is 30 x 25 cm in size and it was commissioned as a Christmas present. I worked with acrylics on stretched canvas. The client was…
Girl holding a dog
This portrait was commissioned as a Christmas present for the girl in the painting. It was commissioned by her boyfriend. She is holding her lovely bichon frise in their kitchen. The reference was quite dark and I brightened it a…
Bess the collie dog
This is an acrylic painting of the beautiful collie dog Bess. I worked on her portrait last November. It was very fitting for the time of the year to paint a portrait of a dog in snow. It really put…
Georgie the terrier
This is the latest painting to come off my easel. It is of lovely Georgie who sadly passed away earlier this year. This is a Christmas present for her owner. It was commissioned by her brother and I really enjoyed…
Butch the Black Labrador
This is an acrylic painting of Butch, the lovely black labrador. ‘He is getting quite old but acting like a puppy each day’ is how the client described him to me when she enquired about commissioning his portrait. The painting…
Kato the poodle
I worked on Kato’s portrait just last week. I really loved painting his portrait, what a beautiful dog and the reference photo worked so well. It was a smaller square painting 25 x 25 cm in size. I decided to…
Bruce the German Shepherd
This is my latest pet portrait to come off the easel. I posted it a couple of days ago to a client in Navan, county Meath. She was delighted with the drawing of her boyfriend’s german shepherd called Bruce (what…
Oscar and Roux
This is my latest pet portrait to come off the easel. I finished it just last week and features two very cute bichon frise dogs called Oscar and Roux. I had two reference photographs to work with for the painting,…
Two Schnauzers Balhu and Albus
This is the latest dog portrait I worked on this summer. It is of two gorgeous schnauzers standing on a hill. Balhu is the black one and Albus is the white one. I just loved the reference photo, the setting…
Theo and Jess
This is an acrylic painting of a collie called Theo and a pomeranian cross Jess. It was commissioned as a 40th birthday present for my client’s wife. I painted their dogs’ portrait in May this year. The client wanted the…