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…
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…
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 was contacted by two sisters from Scotland in August this year. They were enquiring about commissioning a very specific portrait of their three shetland sheepdogs. Marianne and Wendy liked my previous coloured pencil drawings of shelties and wanted something…
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…
This is a drawing of Nora, which was commissioned by Emma a few months ago. My client, Emma, emailed me a couple of photos of this lovely lady. She chose the photograph below which pictures Nora in a lovely way,…
I drew this pencil sketch based on a photograph taken in a hospital. The two hands holding are those of a mother and daughter. My client, the daughter’s friend, commissioned this drawing after her friend’s mother passed. It was a…
This portrait was commissioned as a first birthday present from a client whom I completed a couple of portraits for previously. The little boy in the photo is Teddy and in his original photo, he is sitting up in a…
Over the last few years I worked on a few equine portraits. I have worked with many clients and created both paintings and drawings of their horses and ponies. Since I have a few of these under my belt, I…
I was commissioned to draw a pencil illustration of the old school building back in January this year. The drawing was gifted to the school Secretary who retired earlier this year. The school is a beautiful historic building built in…