I was contacted by the ISPCA (Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) a few months ago. They purchased a gift voucher to be used for one of their colleagues retiring. This is not the first time they did, I created a portrait for one of their colleagues previously. This time, it was for…
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A mother with her sons admiring the Irish landscape
I painted this painting a couple of months ago. It was commissioned by the lady’s friend as a gift for her 40th birthday. I had one photographic reference for the painting. The client was not sure where the photo was taken but we both agreed it must be somewhere in Ireland. I would presume the…
Two portraits of parents
I worked on these two drawings in the beginning of July this year (2022). They were commissioned by a client in Douglas in county Cork. The drawings feature the client’s parents, one of both parents at a wedding and the other of just her father from the same setting. The first portrait was commissioned as…
A Drawing of Niall Moran
I was commissioned to create a pencil portrait of Niall Moran, the Irish hurler who played for Limerick, by a client a few months ago. The client really enjoyed the coloured pencil drawing I completed of Donal Og a while ago. She wanted to have a drawing of the same effect for her portrait of…
Two basset hounds, a cherry blossom tree and two butterflies
This commission was a compilation of photographs and ideas that a client contacted me with a couple of months ago. His idea was for me to create a portrait of his two dogs, beautiful basset hounds, with a cherry blossom tree in the background. He also wanted some butterflies in the drawing. I researched images…
Easter Family Portrait
I worked on this painting a few weeks ago for a return client. He commissioned a painting of him proposing to his wife in Central Park in New York last year. This year he emailed me with a gorgeous photo of his wife and his two young daughters. The setting is just lovely, with flowers…
Winston
Winston’s portrait was commissioned with a gift voucher a few weeks ago. The voucher was purchased as a Christmas present for the client’s brother. I was delighted to receive the lovely photos of Winston to work from. He is just beautiful, the colour of his fur just sang out and I wanted to capture it…
Black Pearl
A client I completed a few portraits for over the years contacted me recently about something a little different. Her husband’s birthday is coming up in early June and he is an avid seaman. He loves to fish and take trips in the Irish Sea on his boat called ‘Black Pearl’. She had a few…
A birthday gift
This painting was commissioned as a milestone birthday gift for the man in the image who is turning 70 in a few months’ time. It was commissioned by his wife. I worked from a few photographs using one for his posture and expression and another to remove a tint in his glasses and to capture…
Mother and Daughter Portraits
I completed these two paintings last year 2021 for a returning client. He previously commissioned a painting of a boy and returned with another two commissions last year. He wanted me to paint his wife and daughter’s portraits. These were given to the ladies as gifts to the client’s wife Orla and daughter Lucy. They…