Toby the Pug
I painted a portrait of this very cute pug dog called Toby a few weeks ago. He is sporting a very trendy bandana and really connecting with the viewer with his gorgeous brown eyes. I worked with larger brushes for…
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A Painting of a Father
I was commissioned to paint this man’s portrait by his son who is living in the US. He asked me to create this portrait late last year. It is of his father, who sadly passed away in 2022. I posted…
“Q” / “Only Browsing”
I painted a head and neck portrait of this beautiful bay stallion back in January. The painting was given as a gift to my client’s father. Q is this gorgeous horse’s stable name and he competed under the name ‘Only…
Ian and his faithful pet Moss
This is the very first painting I worked on this year, the first week in January. My client originally hoped to have this portrait ready as a Christmas gift for her husband Ian, but I just didn’t have any more…
Sweep and Poppy the two whippets
This is one of the many Christmas commissions I received in 2023. This was a gift for the clients’ parents who are the proud dog owners of two beautiful whippets. The grey one, Sweep, is on the left and sadly…
Two Paintings of James
In August this year (2023) I was contacted by a client in Longford about a commission of her brother-in-law James. James sadly passed away in March 2023 from dementia at a very young age of 56. James’ brothers, my client’s…
Baby Jordan and Mom
I painted this portrait a few weeks ago. It was commissioned as a Christmas present for the mom in the photo. I had one photograph to work from for the painting that I received from the client, Jordan’s dad. He…
Young Family in a Tuscan Landscape
Tuscany is one of those places that cannot be confused with any other. It is so picturesque, sometimes too much so and so easy to get sucked in when painting it. I thoroughly enjoyed this painting process though, from the…
A Painting of Breffni Twohig
This is a portrait painting of Breffni Twohig (now Kelly), a cross country running athlete competing at the 2009 European Cross Country Championships in Dublin. Her father, Ronan, contacted me back in August to complete this portrait as a gift…
Roxy in Reflection
This is Roxy, the beautiful Springer Spaniel dog having a reflective time in a river surrounded by beautiful trees. This is a memory of a lovely pet I painted a couple of weeks ago. Roxy sadly passed away earlier this…
Sports Portraits
I have been working on a large painting of a cross country running race over the last week and it got me thinking I have been commissioned to create sports portraits on more than one occasion. I thought I will…
A Portrait of Four Pet Dogs
This is a montage drawing of four dogs owned by my client’s sister. They include, from left to right, Daisy the springer spaniel, Kiszy the black poodle, Trigger the long coat Dalmatian and Jack the retriever coonhound dog. I combined…