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.
I always enjoy recreating vintage and old black and white photographs. They translate really well on paper in graphite pencil. The pencil seems to bring in a certain depth and texture to the traditionally taken images. These two drawings were based on family photos, one taken in the fifties and…
This is a small drawing of two donkeys called Mouse and Gruffalo. I drew this portrait earlier in July as a birthday gift for their owner, my client’s mother. She commissioned a number of drawings before, including a speedboat montage drawing for ther husband’s birthday, a pencil drawing of a…
This is a family portrait drawing I drew a couple of months ago. I used Polychromos coloured pencils to create this drawing. It was commissioned by the daughter in the photo for her Mum’s birthday. She contacted me with some ideas and photographs she had as she wanted an artwork…
Jasmine, my client, who commissioned an acrylic painting of her beloved grey mare pony emailed me a few days ago with an update on the painting. It is now framed and has taken a pride of place in Jasmine’s house. She emailed me some photographs of it in situ and…
I created this portrait to mark a one year wedding anniversary of the beautiful couple pictured. It was a gift to the bride in the image commissioned by Andrew, the groom. He wanted to gift his wife something a little unusual and special to mark their first anniversary celebration. Carol,…
I painted a head and shoulders portrait of this beautiful grey mare a few months ago for a client in county Kildare. Buttons was her companion for 24 years and my client, Jasmine, competed in showjumping with this lovely horse since Buttons was four years old. She sadly passed away…
This is a small sized pencil portrait I drew a few months ago. It features twin sister Caoilainn and her brother Fiach – real Irish names as my client put it. They were born during the pandemic years in May 2020 in the UK and were being christenened only a…
Clara and Jake are brother and sister as I am sure you can tell. They are pictured here with their two pet dogs, the brown dog called Cassie and the golden retriever Deedee. Their portrait drawing was commissioned by their mum as a surprise 50th birthday gift for their dad…
This is a portrait painting in acrylic on stretched canvas I created a few weeks ago. The painting is of a happy young boy called Tom. Tom sadly passed away recently and his portrait was commissioned for his grandfather. The two shared a wonderful relationship full of inside jokes and…
I was commissioned to create this drawing in January. It is of a young lady called Aoife sitting with her beloved pet french bulldog Cole. Cole was her best friend and accompanied her everywhere. The portrait was commissioned by Aoife’s mother as a keepsake for herself to keep Aoife’s memory…