Rua’s portrait was such an interesting painting I got to complete back in January. It was a wide landscape format in 30 x 60 cm size and I used acrylics on stretched canvas. Rua passed away sadly in autumn 2019 and the client, Rua’s owner wanted to commission a portrait of her as a keepsake….
Category: dog portraits
Albie the Red Dachshund Cross
I painted Albie’s portrait with acrylics back in December. I wanted to capture the rich reds in her coat. She is so beautiful in the photo the client gave me and I really wanted to do her justice. The painting is 25 x 20 cm in size. Her portrait was commissioned as a Christmas present…
Milo the Jack Russell
This is an acrylic painting of Milo, the lovely small jack russell dog. The painting is 30 x 25 cm in size and it was commissioned as a Christmas present. I worked with acrylics on stretched canvas. The client was very happy with the painting when he collected it a few days before Christmas. I…
Girl holding a dog
This portrait was commissioned as a Christmas present for the girl in the painting. It was commissioned by her boyfriend. She is holding her lovely bichon frise in their kitchen. The reference was quite dark and I brightened it a little. The client provided me with one reference photo which I cropped slightly. I didn’t…
Bess the collie dog
This is an acrylic painting of the beautiful collie dog Bess. I worked on her portrait last November. It was very fitting for the time of the year to paint a portrait of a dog in snow. It really put me in the mood for the approaching holiday season. Bess’s portrait is 25 x 35…
Georgie the terrier
This is the latest painting to come off my easel. It is of lovely Georgie who sadly passed away earlier this year. This is a Christmas present for her owner. It was commissioned by her brother and I really enjoyed working on it. It is smaller in size at 20 x 30 cm painted with…
Butch the Black Labrador
This is an acrylic painting of Butch, the lovely black labrador. ‘He is getting quite old but acting like a puppy each day’ is how the client described him to me when she enquired about commissioning his portrait. The painting was a gift to his owner who will be celebrating his 60th birthday. His two…
Kato the poodle
I worked on Kato’s portrait just last week. I really loved painting his portrait, what a beautiful dog and the reference photo worked so well. It was a smaller square painting 25 x 25 cm in size. I decided to stretch the canvas myself as I can never get a pre-made canvas of that size….
Bruce the German Shepherd
This is my latest pet portrait to come off the easel. I posted it a couple of days ago to a client in Navan, county Meath. She was delighted with the drawing of her boyfriend’s german shepherd called Bruce (what a coincidence, my chocolate labrador is called Bruce too). Unfortunately, Bruce has to be rehomed…
Oscar and Roux
This is my latest pet portrait to come off the easel. I finished it just last week and features two very cute bichon frise dogs called Oscar and Roux. I had two reference photographs to work with for the painting, one for each dog. I put them together into one composition, as if sitting beside…