I completed this portrait only a few weeks ago in spring 2023. It was for a client returning to me for another commission. I created a number of drawings of her family, her sister and brother and their families. This drawing features my client’s sister Naomi, her partner Michael and their new baby boy Ryder….
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Sinead and Stephan
A drawing of this lovely couple Sinead and Stephen was commissioned as a surprise wedding gift from their friends. The drawing is 30 x 30 cm in size drawn with graphite and charcoal pencils on paper. I had one photograph to work from for this portrait. The photo is from a beautiful part of south…
A Portrait of Parents and Their Dogs
This is one my recent commissioned family drawings. The couple in the portrait are my client’s parents, now deceased, and my client wanted a keepsake portrait of them to display in her home. Her mum Tess loved the outdoors, flowers and gardens. Her father Larry was a vet and the couple always had animals around…
Tanya the Russian Wolfhound
This painting of beautiful Tanya was commissioned by clients I created a few paintings for to date. They are very keen dog lovers and show their dogs in dog shows. Their dogs are often very unusual and specially well looked after. Tanya sadly passed away late last year after almost 12 happy years living with…
Teddy with his teddy
Teddy is a beautiful greyhound dog whose painting was commissioned by a client in Clondalkin in Dublin. Teddy is her sister’s beloved pet dog and she loves his ‘like a baby’ as my client put it. My client wanted to give her sister a very special birthday gift and commissioned me to create Teddy’s portrait….
Ben the sheepdog on a boat
I was contacted by Ben’s owner at the end of 2022 about commissioning a painting of Ben who sadly passed away after many years with the family. He was almost blind, but managed very well and was very much loved by his owners. They wanted a memory of him in the form of a painting…
Duke and Bailey with river background
This is an acrylic painting I worked on for a client in county Tipperary in Ireland. The client was getting married on New Years Day in 2022 and wanted to gift this painting to his then fiancee on their wedding day. Unfortunately, he contacted me too close to Christmas and I just couldn’t promise to…
A Portrait of Dad
Back in September 2022, I was contacted by a client from a local area. Mary and her siblings wanted a special gift for their Mum’s birthday and they decided on commissioning me to create a pencil drawing of their Dad. He sadly passed away not long ago, only last year (2022). I worked on the…
A Portrait of a Campanologist
The lovely smiling man in the image is Cyril Garblaith, a famous campanologist, a bell ringer. I had never heard of this occupation before I was contacted by my client Darren. Darren told me Cyril was a bit of a character, sadly died at Christmas 2021 at a great age of 90 years. He was…
Megan and Charles walking with their sheep
I worked on this painting in the autumn of 2022. It was commissioned as an engagement present for the couple in the painting, the client’s brother-in-law and his fiancee. The client provided me with one photograph to work from and another for a close up of the couple’s faces because they are captured quite far…