Welcome to the Gallery of Portraits of People with their Pets in Pencil and Acrylic!

We love our pets. They are a part of our family and having a portrait of them in our home makes for a very unique keepsake and memory whether they are still with us or have sadly passed. A pet and owner portrait makes for the perfect gift for pet owners. I have completed a lot of these over the years, both in pencil as drawings and in acrylic as paintings. This gallery shows examples of some of my previous pet and owner portrait commissions. Some have been gifted, some have been commissioned by the owners. I have worked from single or multiple photographs, having combined them together into one composition.

The portraits on this gallery page are drawn with graphite pencil on paper or painted with acrylics on fine stretched canvas.
I work with professional quality acrylic paints by Winsor & Newton and Old Holland on fine grain stretched canvas made in Italy by Belle Arti. All the pencil drawings are drawn with Mars Lumograph Black graphite pencils by Staedtler and Graphite Pitt Matt by Faber-Castell on quality Fabriano paper.
You can view the portraits in more detail on my blog by clicking on the images or following the link below.

young family holding their baby son with pet dog - acrylic painting from photo

Tom walking his greyhound at the races
2024
acrylic on stretched canvas, 40 x 30 cm
View Tom's autumnal portrait in more detail on my portrait blog

Portrait painting of a man with a collie dog in an interior pub scene

A Portrait of Ian with his best friend Moss
2024
acrylic on stretched canvas, 35 x 25 cm
More detail on the painting of the Irish pub scene

brother and sister portrait petting their two dogs

A Pencil Drawing of Teenage Siblings and their Pet Dogs
2024
graphite pencil on paper, 25 x 30 cm
More detail on the birthday gift pencil sketch

Roseanne and John with son Jackson and pet dog Lady
2023
acrylic on stretched canvas, 25 x 30 cm
View the painting in more detail on my portrait blog

Portrait painting of a happy couple walking with their sheep in ireland

A Portrait of Megan and Charles with their sheep
2022
acrylic on stretched canvas, 30 x 30 cm
More detail on farmers and their sheep painting

man and black labrador dog portrait painting from photo

A Painting of a Lady holding her Jack Russell Dog
2021
acrylic on stretched canvas, 30 x 25 cm
More detail on the painting and other portraits on my Instagram page

man standing at killiney bay dublin holding his bichon friese pet dog - acrylic painting from photo

Gary holding his bichon friese Becks
2022
acrylic on stretched canvas, 25 x 20 cm
View the painting and other portraits on my instagram page

Portrait painting of a happy girl holding her cat and dog pets - people with pets portraits ireland

A Portrait of a Girl with her Cat and Dog
2021
acrylic on stretched canvas, 30 x 20 cm
View the portrait and many more on my Instagram page

A Painting of Pat with his beloved black labrador Roxy
2023
acrylic on stretched canvas, 30 x 25 cm
More detail on the man and his pet labrador painting

girl sitting with rough collie pet dog smiling and hugging - acrylic painting from photo

Mary Rose with her Rough Collie Ocean
2021
acrylic on stretched canvas, 20 x 20 cm
View the girl and dog and many more on my Instagram page

Portrait painting of a reporter Charlie Bird with his dog

A Portrait of Charlie Bird with Tiger
2022, 40 x 40 cm, acrylic on canvas
More detail on Charlie Bird's painting

man and two golden labradors at a beach walking - portrait painting from photo

Man walking his pet labrador dogs Ozzie and Archie
2021
acrylic on stretched canvas, 50 x 50 cm

pencil portrait sketch of a man hugging three whippet pet dogs from photos by a portrait artist ireland

Man with his beloved whippet dogs
2020
graphite pencil on paper, 30 x 50 cm
View Killian's portrait in more detail on my blog

pet and owner portrait drawing of a boy with his black dog

Young man sitting with his dog
2020
graphite pencil on paper, 20 x 25 cm
Find out more about the commission on my blog

young girl holding a pet bichon frise dog in her arms - a painting in acrylic from a photo

Girl Holding Her Bichon Frise Dog
2020
acrylic on stretched canvas, 25 x 20 cm
View the portrait in more detail on my blog

wedding couple embracing and smiling wedding bouquet

Katie's Pet with her owner's father
2022
acrylic on stretched canvas, 20 x 15 cm
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smiling happy woman holding her bichon frise dog - acrylic portrait painting from photo

Kat holding Sox
2021
acrylic on stretched canvas, 60 x 50 cm
View Kat and her bichon frise painting on my Instagram page

pencil drawing of a boy lying in grass with his cockapoo pet dog - portrait from photo

Boy In Grass with his Cockapoo Dog
2019
graphite pencil on paper, 20 x 15 cm

two young children with their cocker spaniel dog walking pencil portrait drawing

Two Children walking with their Cocker Spaniel Dog Simba
2022
graphite and coloured pencil on paper, 50 x 50 cm
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pencil drawing of a selfie of a girl with her black labrador dog

Girl with her Pet Labrador Dog
2021
graphite pencil on paper, 20 x 20 cm

girl squating with her staffordshire terrier dog smiling and hugging - acrylic painting from photo

Katy and Hank
2020
acrylic on stretched canvas, 40 x 40 cm
View the girl with staff dog in detail

acrylic painting from a photo of a woman smiling and hugging her springer spaniel pet dog

Lady with her pet Springer Spaniel at a beach in Ireland
2020
acrylic on stretched canvas, 20 x 20 cm
View more information on the painting on my blog

man and pug puppy sitting in a chair in a garden - portrait painting from photo

Man siting in a chair with his pug puppy
2020
acrylic on stretched canvas, 50 x 50 cm

If you would like to order your own pet or family portrait or you would like to discuss your portrait commission, please do not hesitate to contact me by filling out my contact form or simply emailing your photographs or ideas.