Well, the first commission of the new year is completed and sent off following approval! He's Henry! shown here, a much loved cat. The portrait was purchased for the gentlemans wife as a surprise present!
I love being part of so many surprises and gifts. I suppose thats one of the lovely parts of my job. I am lucky to generally see people when they are excited about producing the portrait as a gift or generally to celebrate their much loved pet.
Sometimes the portraits are completed of a lost loved one. This is a lovely way to show how much the pet /horse meant to you and lets you have a part of them with you to ponder at for years after their departure. Photographs can sometimes be a problem at this time as you obviously have only to work with what was taken in the past. Usually however, using a selection of photographs, I can depict your horse or pet and still get an accurate likeness and bring out their much loved character.
This year, I am striving to be more organised, stricter with my work routines and not neglet my marketing or online prescense! So blogging here should be weekly, my website will updated monthly ( at least) :) and ongoing exhibitions will as always have my newest and most up to date works shown. I am determined to work hard again this year and get accepted again for the Mall Galleries Society of Equestrian Artists annual exhibition. I have one piece I am working on for that so I will keep you posted.
