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…
Category: family portraits
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…
Two Paintings
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 born and the sad event was followed by a happy one. The client wanted to…
A Painting of Frank
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 the other to correctly capture his skin tone. I previously completed a painting for this…
Parents with a Church Background
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 couple’s 50th wedding anniversary. The client wanted to give her parents something very special and…
Large Family Portrait
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 is 30 x 50 cm in size drawn with graphite pencil on paper. I had…
Elderly Couple
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 one very good photograph taken at a special occasion. The couple look so happy here….
Drawings of happy couples
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 x 15 cm. I had one photograph for each portrait. The client was really happy…
A Man at Work
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 Sciences at the National University of Ireland Galway. Cyril’s father died in 2016 and ran…