Stanley

'Stanley' 20 x 25 cm (estimated), oil n board

Christmas present for my friend of her pug, Stanley.

Blue

Blue, 20 x 25 cm (estimate), oil on board

Christmas present for my friend. It was a challenge to paint my first ever bird...and his reflection!

Dogs in the Snow

'Dogs in the Snow' A3 oil on board

 Commission for my neighbours. It will be a Christmas present for their Gran. I hope she likes it as much as they did!

Tia

'Tia' A3, Oil on board

Commission for my Auntie of one of the family cats, Tia. She is a beautiful cat, I hope I did her justice.

'Tia' original photograph

 I thought it might be interesting to show the original photo. In the painting I made a few changes, you may notice the leaves are not 100% accurate because I am not crazy enough to paint them so, but I do hope they are realistic enough. I also widened Tia's pupils as painting them as they are in the photo looked very strange.

The colours of the painting are also more like the original photo, I just haven't got the hang of photographing paintings yet. For example her fur is less red and the sky is a much paler blue.

Poppy

'Poppy' Oil on board 20 x 25 cm

My English Springer Spaniel, Poppy. She is much missed.

Sophie

'Sophie' Oil on board 25 x 20 cm

Commission for my grandparents of their cat, Sophie. Painted from two photos merged together as they wanted a full body pose but had their hearts set on using a close up photo I had taken previously of her face.

Poppy

'Poppy' Oil on board 24 x 20 cm 

This is an old uni piece and my first proper photorealist painting. I'm still pleased with it though I've had a lot more practice since and I know what I would do now differently if I were to give it another go. My springer spaniel, Poppy.

Butterflies

'Butterflies' Watercolour, cropped.

This is a commission I did for my Dad to give as a wedding present. My strength isn't in painting with watercolours and my chosen subject would never be butterflies but I think I did an okay job. The blue sky and yellows are much brighter in reality.

I hope they liked it!

Lily

'Lily' Oil on board, 20 x 14 cm

My cat, Lily, painted in oils on board. This took about 7 hours roughly. I need to start timing how long I spend painting. I wanted to copy the photograph as closely as possible but without spending too long on the background. 

Milly

'Milly' Oil on board, 20 x 25 cm

A more detailed painting of Milly. This one took about 10 hours or so to do, most of which was colour mixing!

Milly Oil Sketch

'Milly' Oil on board, 50 x 40 cm, cropped.

My gran's cat, Milly. Painted in a much looser style than the previous one of Lily because I did this one for fun and as a bit of a break from the photorealist style of the last few paintings. It is also a lot bigger which makes it much easier to be more gestural with the brushstrokes.

This is a slightly cropped version.