This is a landscape painting I worked on a couple of months ago. It is from an older photograph that brought a lot of memories to the client who commissioned the painting. It was a gift to her mother. The painting is painted with acrylics on stretched canvas at 20 x 30 cm. I loved…
Category: landscapes
Lady with her dog
I hope you are all keeping well and safe during these strange times. I am still working away on my commissions, so please don’t worry they will all be painted and drawn. There might be a slight delay in finishing work as I have my 6 year old daughter at home so for now I…
Dogue du Bordeaux ‘Rua’
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….
Building Construction Painting
Sometimes, an unusual commission pops up and it is very exciting to work on something different. I completed this painting a couple of weeks ago for a client in county Limerick. The painting is of a building site and there is a lot of building materials and both finished and unfinished structures. There is a…
Mount Errigal
This was my first painting to work on in 2019. It is a painting of Mount Errigal mountain in county Donegal. It is 30 x 60 cm in size and painted with acrylics on stretched canvas. The painting was a gift to my husband’s friend who lives in the wonderful Roundwood in county Wicklow. She…
A nightscape in acrylic
This is a rather unusual commission for me. I worked from a couple of photographs, one taken at night and one in daylight, of an urban park. It was commissioned by a return client, whom I created a painting of a boy for last summer. This painting, as the last one, is 30 x 40…
Rossnowlagh Beach Painting
This painting was commissioned as a birthday present for the client’s wife. Tom asked me to recreate a photograph of his wife’s favourite spot, Rossnowlagh Beach in county Donegal. The painting was 40 x 60 cm in size and painted with acrylics on fine grade stretched cotton canvas. There was a lot of detail in…
Labrador Flo in heather
This is Flo, a lovely black labrador retriever. I completed her portrait a week ago for her owner. Flo loves her walks in the Irish hills and the client wanted this in the painting. The painting is 30 x 30 cm in size painted with acrylics on stretched canvas. Flo is sitting in some lovely…
Couple Painting
I finished this painting today. It is a lovely seaside view from Australia. This painting was commissioned by the lady in the picture as a wedding present for her husband to be. The painting is 20 x 30 cm in size and it is painted with acrylics on stretched canvas. The photo was just beautiful…
Family portrait from St. Andrews
I have finished working on this portrait during the week. I have taken a photograph of the canvas and scanned a section of it to show the detail of the main subjects. The canvas is quite large at 50 x 60 cm. The picture was taken at the St. Andrews golf course and it is…