Heatwave continues

I don’t know about you but I find it hard to sleep in this weather. It certainly gives me more time to work on all the lovely pet portraits I have lined up. I am getting pretty full for the next couple of months, so if you are interested in gifting a pet...

Hot weather

How is everyone enjoying the hot weather? I don’t mind it, but I find it fruatrating I can’t get the dogs out. Particularly Maggie as she is a puppy I have to be so careful she doesn’t over heat. Plus the pavements are so hot it’s not nice for...

Old friends and new!

It can be quiet isolating being a pet portrait artist and working alone. That is where my dogs and cat play a big part in my life, for company. It is quite lucky though, that I don’t mind be on my own for large amounts of the day. Saying that it is always nice...

New routines

Before kids, I used to work often until 3 or 4am. I love the small hours of the morning. Now it is not so easy, however with Miss Maggie I am having to adjust my working pattern. My hours tend to be grabbed when she naps and after she has gone to bed. Yes I am...

Long and thin….

I don’t paint an awful lot of landscape portraits, obviously! But I have a few this last few weeks. The springer and schnauzer portrait in the bluebells and Max’s portrait. Max was a beautiful border collie and my client lost him this year. He wanted him...