Atlas, 12" x 12" acrylic on canvas Not for Sale
Meet Atlas, a Rhodesian Ridgeback. I was commissioned to paint him by a previous client for a close friend. Atlas recently passed on to the Rainbow Bridge. He is truly missed.
Here is the photo I worked from.
Luna is a beautiful mixed breed. She is my latest commission dog painting.
Here is her painting (click for full painting view):
Here is the photo I worked from:
A reminder that it is now a good time to place an order for commissioned painting for Christmas. This past week, I started getting requests for holiday gifts. A portrait of a favorite dog will make a terrific gift and each year I become busier and busier during the holiday season. It is best to order early and get my best unhurried work. I hate turning people away because I am completely booked when they come to me in November. For more information about my commissioned dog portraits visit my Noisy Dog Studio website here
Thank you for all the positive feedback about offering smaller sized commissions. It's offical, I am going to offer 8" x 8" size canvas for $175. I am having my wonderful webdesigner Arianne update my commission request form. But if you can't wait until it is offically on the form, no problem, just let me know.
Speaking of commissions, this is Lucky the Dalmatian from San Francisco. The other day I received the nicest email from my client who wrote " My husband was so surprised by the gift - it brought tears to his eyes! He can't believe how much you captured Lucky's personality."
Another happy client !
The other day I was talking with the talented Claudine about the business side of being an artist. I enjoy our email converstations, as there is so much more that goes into being an artist than the artwork. I wish I could spend all my time painting, but when you are a one person show you have to do everything yourself.
We were discussing her amazing commission work which starts at only $75. While my work is completely different, the conversation made me think about offering smaller sized commissions. Currently the smallest size I offer is 12" x 12" for $300.
So yesteday I attemped a very small size, an 8" x 8" canvas. At first, I couldn't decide what dog to paint. Then I thought I should attempt to paint Claudine's sweet Pekingese Toby. It was fitting since Claudine was the inspiration behind the new canvas size. Plus Toby is the cutest. The result is the above painting.
To my surprise, I enjoyed painting the small size. It is different than my usual paintings. There isn't a lot of detail nor a lot of background color but still in the spirit of my work.
What do you think? Should I offer the small size canvas commission?
This is my favorite commission to date. I loved painting Sake. Shiba Inu's are such beautiful dogs. Sadly, Sake has gone to the rainbow bridge. She is missed by her family . I am honored to create paintings in honor of dogs who are no longer with us.
As author Agnes Sligh Turnbull wrote " Dogs lives are too short. Their only fault, really." How true.
Don't you want to kiss his cute smushy face. The minute I received the photo from the client, I couldn't wait to paint Jesse. It is no secret how much I love smushy faced dogs - bulldogs, pugs, bostons. Jesse has a "brother" bulldog - Theo and I painted him as well. I will show his portrait in another post. I also painted another Bulldog this past Christmas- white beauty named Belle.
I love painting all dogs, but I especially love painting bulldogs and I think it shows. Something about those wrinkley faces. As Colette wrote " Bulldogs are adorable, with faces like toads that have been sat on. "
This is Hazel, a Cairn Terrier I painted in November. A lovely husband had read about my work and commissioned me to paint Hazel for a Christmas gift for his wife.
Yesterday I received an email from the wife which said " Wow! Wow! Wow! What a wonderful charicature of my amazing Hazel! I've seen that look on her face each time she sees me eating a piece of cheese and believes she needs one too."
What a compliment. I love receiving emails like this. It makes my day !
Just finished this commission painting of Cinderbella, an American Bulldog. She is such a beautiful dog. I love painting her. She has lots of pink undertone in her fur...adorable.
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