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.
Kofi and Lily are the names of these two lovely terrier cross dogs. I had the pleasure of drawing their image in the form of a graphite pencil portrait on paper based on a series of photographs of both of the dogs. I drew their collars and name tags in…
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…
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…
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…
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 client Orlaith, including a painting of her dad Aidan with…
I painted Kali last year just before Christmas. She was a Husky dog that my clients owned for a long time of more than 15 years. She sadly passed away last year and Jennifer, my client, decided to commission me to create a painting of her as a keepsake for…
This was a somewhat unusual commission for a pet portrait for me. I usually work in a realistic and detailed style. My client, Fiona, contacted me however to create a dog portrait in the style of Maud Earl’s pet paintings from the late 1800s early 1900s american painting. Maud worked…
First of all, let me wish you all a very Happy New Year 2026. I hope it is a good one with lots of love, happiness and joy. I also want to thank all of my subscribers and followers for their continued support over the years. It gives my work…
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 similar for themselves. Over the years, the sisters owned a…