Deacon - Pet Portrait Print Design

I had to get my print order in and really wanted to include Deacon as a thank you to my friend Laura Nugent & her husband Donald who I stayed with in Kansas City last month...he will be my first test subject as a Pet Portrait Print. In a perfect world I would have gotten their feedback and made edits...right now I just need an example here in the studio to show my customers!

Laura & Donald if you are reading this...I know his beard is way too big and he looks a little schnauzery, I will be happy to make changes and color edits for your custom gift!

Pet Portrait Progress

Tuesday's pet portrait is coming along, these are process photos based on this sketch. Hope you are having a great Tuesday wherever you are!

Pet Portrait Sketch

Just received final approval on Tuesday's Pet Portrait Sketch - this will be the first one I get to paint here in my new space! It's a fun composition, Tuesday loves to play with garden gloves, sits on step #5 of her stairwell to watch out the window, gets very excited when she spots a UPS or US Mail truck and crouches down with excitement when her human/Mom comes home. Tuesday was found and rescued by a police officer and then adopted by my client, Sue, 7 years ago...she is a very sweet, attentive canine!

If you are interested in a Pet Portrait for your companion, you can now get one for half the price - I now offer ready to hang Pet Portrait Prints, contact me for more information!

Coco...the Weimaraner

This is Coco, a delightful young Weimaraner who lives here in Chicago and also has a home in Miami Beach which explains the bottom right hand section, she likes to chase gekkos. It was fun coming up with a theme to include the Cubs and the Bears. If you are interested in a Pet Portrait...visit AnnesArt.com !

New Pet Portrait ... Ceili!

Finishing up pet portraits in the midst of everything else going on, here's Ceili!..I forgot to scan her photo for the before and after. 

Damen's portrait

I finally got Damen's pet portrait painted today...turned out pretty good! He was found near and named for Damen Avenue here in Chicago so we went with a Chicago street sign green name banner and the road running around his head. He is an adorable looking little guy, I have not met him yet.

*Special Agent* *Dale Cooper*

This pet portrait of Cooper only took a mere 365 days to finish! Last year I traded with Susan Hinckley at the One of a Kind Show. I received a beautiful hand stitched wall piece titled "Let It Go"....in return I agreed to do a pet portrait of her dog Cooper. And true to form, being the ultimate procrastinator I finished, varnished and framed it on Saturday night just in time for them to take back home to Minnesota (and I did it exhausted after 3 days of the show and wanting to do nothing more than recline on the sofa all evening). She and Russ were very pleased with the outcome..and so was I, this is such a fun composition. For inquiring minds, "Special Agent Dale Cooper" hearkens back to the television series Twin Peaks. Happy Susan...

Tomorrow...more photos from the show...
 

Sketchbook Study for Damen...

A recent peek at my sketch book.I incorporated studies of an adorable rescue named Damen for a Pet Portrait Order. (digitally enhanced in shades of gray)