This is another wedding portrait I created a few weeks ago. It was commissioned as a wedding gift for the couple in the portrait by their friends. The painting is 40 x 30 cm in size painted with acrylics on medium grain canvas. My clients emailed me one photograph to work from. It was taken…
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Dairy Herd on a Family Farm
I only finished on this landscape painting last week. It is of a beautiful farm in Dromcollogher in county Limerick Ireland and belongs to a lovely family. My client’s father who ran the farm for many years has retired this year and his children decided to gift him with an acrylic painting of his beloved…
Accepting Commissions now for Christmas 2024
It is getting closer to that time of year when everyone starts thinking about gifts for the special day. I know it is only September but I get very busy coming up to Christmas and ordering early means securing a place on my portrait list. I already have a few on that list this year….
90th Birthday Gift
I drew a portrait of this lovely lady a few weeks ago. It was commissioned as a present for her 90th birthday. The drawing is small in size at 20 x 20 cm drawn with graphite pencils on paper. The lady in the photo was delighted and surprised with her gift. My client kindly emailed…
Notorius the chocolate labrador
This acrylic portrait painting of a chocolate labrador pet dog in his local park was commissioned by his owner as an artwork for her to have in her home. She was looking to have an image of her beloved pet in a more unique form of a painting rather than a photograph alone. She emailed…
A Portrait of Tom
I painted a portrait of Tom a few weeks ago. He is pictured here right in his element walking with a greyhound. He was a very keen competitor in greyhound racing. He is sadly passed away now and his daughter Stacey commissioned this painting of him to hang in her new home which she moved…
A Painting of Barry at the seaside
I painted this portrait last month in July for Barry’s 70th birthday. It was a surprise present from his friend, who commissioned this painting. Barry is a keen collector of paintings and this gave his friend Jim, my client, the idea to ask me to create a portrait of him to have in his home….
Two Vintage Drawings
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 the second in the eighties….
Mouse and Gruffalo
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 lovely springer spaniel dog Polly…
Family of Five in Coloured Pencil
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 for her Mum. Caitlin, my…