Clara and Jake are brother and sister as I am sure you can tell. They are pictured here with their two pet dogs, the brown dog called Cassie and the golden retriever Deedee. Their portrait drawing was commissioned by their mum as a surprise 50th birthday gift for their dad Barry. He celebrated his milestone…
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Aoife with Cole
I was commissioned to create this drawing in January. It is of a young lady called Aoife sitting with her beloved pet french bulldog Cole. Cole was her best friend and accompanied her everywhere. The portrait was commissioned by Aoife’s mother as a keepsake for herself to keep Aoife’s memory in an art form around…
Darcy, Tallulah and Holly
Meet the cutest three bichon frise dogs! They are Darcy, Tallulah and Holly. Holly sadly passed away just before Christmas 2023 and my client Scott asked me to create a drawing of all three dogs for his Mom, the dogs’ owner, as a gift to remember her beloved pet. He previously commissioned a pencil drawing…
Sinead and Sean with their baby son Shay
I drew this beautiful family last month before Easter. Sean is a client who contacted me back in January. I created a portrait drawing of him and his wife in 2020. The first drawing was an image from their wedding day. Sean wanted to commission another portrait at the same size of 40 x 40…
Baby Anna with grandparents
This is a pencil drawing composed from two photographs, one of baby Anna and the other of her now deceased grandparents. The drawing is 20 x 30 cm in size, approximately A4, and drawn with graphite pencil on paper. I was commissioned by Anna’s mum to draw this portrait for her husband, Anna’s dad. His…
Zippy the Tabby Cat
This is a drawing of Zippy, the gorgeous tabby cat that was with her owner for more than twenty years. She sadly passed away last year and her owner’s mum asked me to create a keepsake portrait of her. The portrait was a Christmas present and I had to wait to share it so as…
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 four different photographs of them and used a beach background from Daisy’s photo. I extended…
Salvador the black and brown Golden doodle
A pencil drawing of a very unusually dark golden doodle called Salvador was commissioned by a client in Dublin. This pet portrait was a 40th birthday gift for Salvador’s owner, my client’s boyfriend. I worked on the drawing in August and the beginning of September using a series of photographs to correctly capture the colour…
Katlyn with her Grandmother Rose
I completed this drawing a few weeks ago. It was commissioned as a gift for the young girl in the picture called Katlyn. Katlyn is my client’s girlfriend and she sadly lost her grandmother Rose last year. They were very close and naturally Katlyn misses her terribly. My client, Katlyn’s boyfriend, wanted to give her…
Wedding Couple Lighting Candles
I worked on this pencil drawing a couple of weeks ago. The couple’s 30th wedding anniversary is coming up this Monday, the 7th August 2023. They were married back in 1993 and their son Eoin commissioned me to create their wedding anniversary gift in the form of a pencil drawing. The drawing is from one…