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.
The painting of Checky was a birthday present to his owner Caitlin. She was celebrating her 21st birthday during the lock down in May. Her parents wanted to gift her something special and since Caitlin is ‘animal mad’ as they described her, they decided to commission portraits of her with…
Molly is a stray cat that visits my client on a regular basis and has become a part of her family so much that my client decided to commission a portrait of her. I worked on her painting back in June this year. I worked from one photograph for the…
This is a drawing of a gorgeous grey cat called Clementine or ‘Tiny’ for short. The portrait is 20 x 30 cm in size and I used graphite pencils and coloured pencils to create a tint in her eyes. Tiny sadly passed away last year and the client commissioned her…
This painting of the client’s late father Norman was commissioned in April this year. The painting is 45 x 35 cm in size and I used acrylic paints on stretched canvas to paint it. I had two photographs provided by the client, one was the composition you see in the…
This is a painting of Rocco, the tan Jack Russell dog. I worked on his portrait back in May. The painting is painted with acrylics on stretched canvas. It is 25 x 25 cm in size. The painting of Rocco was commissioned as a gift for his owner, the client’s…
This painting was commissioned back in May and was an anniversary present for the client’s girlfriend pictured in the painting. She is feeding a giraffe. I must admit I was not aware this was possible at all! It was a very unusual and exciting project for me. The colour scheme…
This full landscape wedding portrait was completed back at Easter time. The location of the wedding was beautiful and worked so beautifully in the drawing. It was an anniversary present for the bride in the photo, commissioned by her husband. The drawing was 40 x 40 cm in size, so…
This painting was completed back in March and I really enjoyed working on it. It was so different and unique. The photograph captures a spontaneous moment. The girl’s father and brother are also in the photo, her brother mirroring the bubble making in the background, her father intensely studying the…
This is a painting I completed back in March. I can’t believe the time has flown so fast. I have been so busy in the studio, I have not had a minute to update the blog. I have worked on a lot of interesting projects and I will post them…
This is a landscape painting I worked on a couple of months ago. It is from an older photograph that brought a lot of memories to the client who commissioned the painting. It was a gift to her mother. The painting is painted with acrylics on stretched canvas at 20…