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…
Family Portrait
I was contacted by Adrian last November to create a portrait of his family on a short notice. The portrait traveled all the way to Romania and was given to the grandfather of the client’s children in the photo. It…
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…
Waiting on Nana
Happy New Year to you all! I have had such a busy time before Christmas I didn’t have a spare minute to post on the blog. Overall, 2019 was a busy year with commissions. I created 59 artworks for 56…
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…
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…
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…
A pencil portrait of two brothers
I created this portrait a couple of weeks ago. It features two brothers who were very close. The portrait was commissioned as a birthday present for one of them by his girlfriend. I worked from a number of photographs to…
Father and his baby daughter
This is a very special painting I created for a client’s girlfriend. She is the baby in the picture and her father sadly passed away last year. This was a birthday present commissioned for her by her boyfriend. The painting…
Jockey on a horse
This is a portrait of Ken who is about to retire from his job. His co-workers decided to commission a painting of him and his horse as a retirement present. The painting is 30 x 40 cm in size painted…