Toby at Killiney Bay

Earlier this year (2022) I worked on a painting of Killiney Bay in south county Dublin. It featured Toby, a very cute family pet dog, and was commissioned as a keepsake for his owners. Toby sadly passed away last year.…

Earlier this year (2022) I worked on a painting of Killiney Bay in south county Dublin. It featured Toby, a very cute family pet dog, and was commissioned as a keepsake for his owners. Toby sadly passed away last year.…

These two acrylic portraits were commissioned by Tara’s husband as a gift to commemorate the year 2020. In May of this year Elvis, the cat, much beloved by Tara sadly passed away. In August of that year their son was…

This acrylic portrait is of a man called Frank. It was commissioned by his brother-in-law as a gift for his wife and family earlier this year. I had two reference photographs of Frank and used one for his likeness and…

I created this drawing earlier this month. It was commissioned by the couple’s daughter and features her parents together with their local church in the background, which is a special place for them. The portrait is a gift for the…

I have recently worked on two very small drawings. They were each just 20 x 15 cm in size which is the smallest size I work in. I used graphite pencils by Staedtler and Faber-Castell all with some charcoal content…

This is the largest family portrait I have worked on to date. It includes a family of thirteen. The drawing was commissioned as a gift for the grandparents pictured in the drawing with all their children and grandchildren. The drawing…

This pencil sketch was commissioned as a birthday gift for the lady in the photo. Her husband sadly passed away and her daughter decided to gift her a pencil drawing of the two of them. The drawing was based on…

I completed these drawings last summer for a return client. She commissioned two small drawings, both as gifts to her brothers. Both brothers are pictured with their partners and the drawings are the smallest size I work in at 20…

This drawing was completed last year in June. It was commissioned as a retirement gift and is from the retiree’s (Cyril) favourite photo of his father at work. It was commissioned by his work colleagues at the School of Natural…

This drawing was the last Christmas commission this year. It was commissioned by a return client whom I completed a pet painting in the past. He asked me to draw a portrait of his girlfriend holding her gorgeous godson, a…