Aug 4, 2018
I am working on a particularly large portrait for me. My most popular sizes tend to be 10×8 inches or 10×12 inches. This is large for me at 20×20 inches. It is a portrait of a black lab. Due to its size I have decided to use pastel sticks instead of...
Aug 1, 2018
Completing all those pet portraits inevitably leads to a few days of framing and packing. I would love to be able to paint all week and not stop. But unfortunately the life of an artist is never quite like that. I used to able to work later in the evenings, but the...
Jul 27, 2018
Seems like finally we have a break from the heat. I love the summer, but the last two days have been too much for me. I now have my very own sauna aka the shedio! It’s been way too hot to work in there beyond 11am so I have relocated to the house and made good...
Jul 24, 2018
I love some of the names my clients give there dogs. Giles is one of them. Being that he is a springer Spaniel it suits him and the breed. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s association’s I have with name Giles, maybe a I am just odd. He is also liver and...
Jul 21, 2018
Annoyingly if forgot to get a photo of JD’s portrait before he was gifted. I do that occasionally and what was particularly annoying was the fact I was really pleased with his portrait. My neighbour commissioned the painting of JD…..yes after her favourite...
