I work from my studio in Kilcock. It is a small room with shelves all around to put my finished and unfinished work onto. I like to give each work a few days to 'rest' before I completely finalise them and email my clients their portrait scans. On this page, you will find more information on how I work together with some progress photos and videos of my process. I discuss the materials I use and how I go about completing each piece of work. Because I work from photographs, I like to share them here too for comparison. You can subscribe to the blog and receive updates 3 to 4 times a month.
This is a painting I created back in June this year 2026. It was a commission for a birthday gift for the mum in the portrait. This happy family portrait is a memory of a lovely day climbing the Ticknock Mountain in county Dublin. I was commissioned to paint this…
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 the one of her grandmother. She was so happy with…
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 sitting while holding her baby sister Fia, only 3 months…
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 away, with her beloved best friend Tia, the black labrador…
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 from Australia and her daughter wanted to give her something…
I painted a portrait of these two Siberian long-haired cats back in January this year. Their names are Pammy and Purdy. I based the painting on a photo that Ian emailed me, in which the cats are pictured lying on a sofa behind a window. The window frame is casting…
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 mother’s kitchen. Over the years, her mother often said she…
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 reference was taken at a music festival. It was commissioned…
I painted a few whippet portraits in the past. You can search for some of them on this blog to see how they turned out. This is another small sized painting I worked on just before Christmas. I am only getting to share most of my holiday commissions now as…
Meet Jess. She is the most beautiful border collie dog whose portrait I had the pleasure of painting for the holidays. She was quite the character, moving around all the time. This happy collie would not sit still for a photo. Her owners, my client’s parents, shared their life with…