Master Reproductions... of a sort

Remember a while back when I did Isabel's portrait super imposed onto Vermeer's 'The Girl with the Pearl Earing'? Well I did portraits of her siblings as well in styles to mirror their personalities. I painted Addison as a Renoir and Paul in the style of Leroy Neiman.

Pet Portraits

Otis

I have been wanting to try my hand at pet portraits for many years now. I finally prodded myself into doing it by having a contest on my facebook page. I had so many entries that I had to split them into categories (small dog, large dog and cat).

I am so pleased with how they all turned out. Painting them inspired me like nothing else has for a while. I love my work (all of it from murals to stenciling to custom canvases) but I felt that I could put a lot more of myself into these paintings. I didn't have to work 'with' anyone on these... they are completely my own. Obviously the photographs aren't mine but from there I could just play. I didn't have to make sure that they would match the couch. I didn't have to worry how they would look on a particular colored wall. I didn't even have much of a sense of the style of painting that the owners preferred.

I painted in the style I am most comfortable with and with colors that I thought would best highlight both the animal's coat and their personality.

I believe that the results speak for themselves. I hope that I will have the opportunity to do many, many more of these

Fantasia Kitty

Fern