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
michelle!!! these are fantastic!!!!!! they look so much like the actual animal--but still heightened and interesting and full of soul! which is so so so hard to do (for me, anyway). oh, i know the owners are so thrilled. that inspires me to try my hand at painting my kitties now!
ReplyDeleteon another note--is this your new blog? is the old one still in use? i'm confused what all the sites are?? or maybe this is your personal blog as opposed to your professional one?