Commissioned Portraits: A Quartet of (Almost) Monochromatic Sketches
I had a wonderful little “family of pets” commission a few years ago and it’s a great sample of how
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Commissioned Portrait: Bug
While most commissioned portraits feature the subject prominently, and facing out toward the viewer, Bug’s portrait was a capture of
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Commissioned Portrait: Sunny
Meet Sunny, a luxurious ginger boy who found himself in a shelter at the age of five, frightened, bedraggled, with
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Commissioned Portrait: First Family Portrait
Almost 20 years ago a couple won a commissioned portrait certificate I’d donated to a local shelter for their benefit
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Commissioned Portrait: Bandit
Yes, I do paint portraits of dogs! Bandit was commissioned by my childhood nextdoor neighbor for her brother for Christmas.
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Commissioned Portrait: Bailey, and Last-minute Gift Certificates
I painted this memorial portrait of Bailey just before Christmas last year. His caretaker’s daughter commissioned the portrait for her
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Commissioned Father’s Day Portrait: Keith, Seuss and Munchkin
This portrait was a total Father’s Day surprise for Keith from his wife Norma and children, and it was so
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Commissioned Portrait: Brothers, Paladin and Percy
Earlier this year an old friend commissioned me to paint a portrait of her cousin’s two cats, Paladin and Percy.
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Commissioned Portrait: Brody, a Close-up
Usually individual cat portraits include the entire cat, but in Brody’s case he was a big cat. His person’s husband
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Commissioned Portrait: Five Cats By the Window
I visited one of my longtime art customers, and one of the first good cat rescuers I met back in
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