Examples of horse, pony, dog and cat original portraits

You can see above some of my portraits and other paintings. On the left is a cantering pony. This canvas is 1.9m x 1.2m and really packs a punch. *

The next image is Tula, a beautiful 18 month-old golden labrador. She is always full of life and her 'what next?' expression is so much fun. I combined two images (body posture and head) to make the portrait. This canvas is 0.7m x 0.5m. *

The acrylic on canvas board of the dun pony (Looking Back) is 0.3m x 0.42m. *

The dressage horse in Shoulder-In is an acylic on board and the tall, thin shape makes an interesting image. *

Next is portrait of two terriers,  The Girls (Maddie on the right has only three legs but it doesn't stop her from being as mischievous as she looks).

These are followed by Sleeping Puppy, an acylic (paws) that is 39cm x 49cm. *

The next two images are a labrador puppy in acrylic 0.3m x 0.24m and a grey cat painted in acrylic on canvas board 0.3m x 0.23m. *

The next image is an oil painting which is 0.25m x 0.91m called Half-Pass. *

Millie is a gorgeous fleabitten grey who flutters her eyelids for everyone. This is a large scale canvas, being 0.7m x 0.5m, but available as a much smaller giclee print! *

The chocolate Labrador is Ben who is 11 years old, greying around the muzzle and is uncertain about everything. This is a coloured pencil sketch 20cm x 20cm.

The almost monchrome image is Black Stallion, whom I saw staring hard at me out of his stable. He had been, and was just about to start again, shrieking at the injustice of not being able to roam free and make new friends. Acrylic on board. 0.3m x 0.23m

The labrador head is Gillie, our old dog, an acylic on paper

Next is a portrait of a rider and pony after a competition. This is 1m x 0.7m.

Then there is a cat called Socrates who was summed up by his owner who said "make him look like he spends all his time asleep". Acrylic on board 0.3m x 0.23m

Our 2010 Christmas card was entitled "it just fell off the tree, honest!" and was great fun to paint. Acrylic on board

The triple portrait is Fredie, Gizmo and Harvey in pencil and wash

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* are available as prints in various sizes.