King Kong and the Godzillas...

 

This portrait evolved from my sprained ankle incident back in October. As I lay in the bed of my pick up with ice on my ankle waiting for my pal Stephie (Angel Food Bakery) to notify her staff that she was taking me to urgent care, I met Dave Clayton...he was visiting from Brazil and said 'hey, you do the pet portraits...you've got to paint my pugs!". So I did, and now this painting resides in Brazil. Godzilla sadly passed away so we gave him a halo, King Kong, of course, got the crown and Space Godzilla is from Brazil, so he got the Brazillian Flag. I love how this turned out...let me know if you have a pug you would like me to paint!

Tango....A day in the life of a Vizsla

This was another Holiday Pet Portrait Gift...this one a 24x36 Painting of a local Chicagoland Vizsla, "Tango". I met Cris and his wife back in August at the Bucktown Arts Fest, he contacted me in November wanting to surprise his wife with this wonderful gift. He was the perfect client - supplying me with many wonderful photos and a list of Tango's favorite places, activities, toys and treats, including baguettes after picking one up on a walk near the Red Hen Bakery. This was a fun project from beginning to end!

Tango with his painting!

This was the final sketch before I did the painting....and black and white below:

Holiday Pet Portrait Review...

Now that the gifts have been given, I can start sharing all the fun holiday Pet Portrait orders I did. My favorite of the season...Portuguese Water Dogs: Barkley & Scout:

This is the largest Narrative Pet Portait Print that I've had made, measuring 30x40 - it turned out beautifully! It is a laminated float back print, created from my digital painting.

New...Double Pet Portrait Composition!

It's time to order your Holiday Pet Portrait! And just in time...you've been asking for it, and now I have it, the Double Pet Portrait Composition....A 12"x16"x1.5" deep Ready To Hang Custom Laminated Pet Portrait Print. Price = $400. Order by November 24th to ensure Holiday Delivery! Click here for pricing for Single Pet Face Portraits and Narrative Portraits.

Bebe, Taffy & Ozzy...!

I created this great vertical Pet Portrait of the DeFee family canines last year. From left to right: Bebe,Taffy, and Ozzy...they live in Alabama. Sadly Taffy passed away this past spring. I hope that she and Izzy are galavanting together in that big dog park in the sky!
If you have more than one pet, I am happy to do custom sizes and formats for you. This ready to hang, laminated print measures 12"x36" and has a float back frame. My Holiday Pet Portrait que is filling up, so get your order in soon!

Bear...My first Bernese Mountain Dog portrait:

Another sweet dog from the neighborhood...I think Bear may be the largest dog I have created a pet portrait of...definitely my first Bernese! Many more commissions to show you that I've been juggling over the last few months while also doing art fairs around the midwest and several new ones in the works, stay tuned...

Dusty Rose...larger than life!

The initial sketch for this Pet Portrait Painting of Lapso Apso, Dusty Rose, was a gift from a wonderful neighborhood client, Ben to his wife Amanda (see below). It was very well received, Amanda then had the opportunity to have me tweak the colors, patterns, etc to her liking, before I created the final painting (shown above with Ben & Dusty Rose who is as sweet as she looks and often stops in for treats on her walk.

Bailey...another Golden

 

Just finished Bailey...this was a Pet Portrait Gift Certificate redemption from the holidays.You are looking at the final digital painting that I created and sent to my printer who will create an 18x18 Laminated Float Back Pet Portrait Print. It should arrive next week at which time I will sign and ship to it's new home in Atlanta. Below you can see how I create the digital painting, on my magic tablet...the cintiq: