Baby Jordan and Mom
I painted this portrait a few weeks ago. It was commissioned as a Christmas present for the mom in the photo. I had one photograph to work from for the painting that I received from the client, Jordan’s dad. He…
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Young Family in a Tuscan Landscape
Tuscany is one of those places that cannot be confused with any other. It is so picturesque, sometimes too much so and so easy to get sucked in when painting it. I thoroughly enjoyed this painting process though, from the…
A Painting of Breffni Twohig
This is a portrait painting of Breffni Twohig (now Kelly), a cross country running athlete competing at the 2009 European Cross Country Championships in Dublin. Her father, Ronan, contacted me back in August to complete this portrait as a gift…
Roxy in Reflection
This is Roxy, the beautiful Springer Spaniel dog having a reflective time in a river surrounded by beautiful trees. This is a memory of a lovely pet I painted a couple of weeks ago. Roxy sadly passed away earlier this…
Sports Portraits
I have been working on a large painting of a cross country running race over the last week and it got me thinking I have been commissioned to create sports portraits on more than one occasion. I thought I will…
A Portrait of Four Pet Dogs
This is a montage drawing of four dogs owned by my client’s sister. They include, from left to right, Daisy the springer spaniel, Kiszy the black poodle, Trigger the long coat Dalmatian and Jack the retriever coonhound dog. I combined…
Roseanne and John with their baby son Jackson and pet dog Lady
I was commissioned to create this lovely family portrait a few weeks ago back in August. John, the client, contacted me with quite a tight deadline for his wife’s birthday present. It was such a lovely photo, I couldn’t refuse,…
Edel and Sofia at her communion day
This is one of the latest paintings to come off my easel. The painting features Edel, my client’s wife, whom I painted already at her wedding day. You can view her painting on my blog here. Since I painted her,…
Sheila’s 70th birthday gifts
Sheila was gifted these two portraits by her niece Orla who described her in a wonderful way when commissioning the portraits: The commissions are going to be for my aunt, Sheila. She is turning 70 this year. She is an…
A Proposal at Mahon Falls in county Waterfod
This is a painting of a wedding proposal at Mahon Falls in county Waterfod in the south east of Ireland. I was commissioned to create this landscape portrait a few months ago. The painting was given as a gift to…