FERGUS (PET PAWTRAITS)

 

JUST FINISHED THIS LATEST PET PAWTRAIT, FEATURING THE HANDSOME HEAD OF FERGUS THE GERMAN SHEPHERD <3

 

FINISHED RECENT COMMISSION FOR MY FRIENDS, FEATURING THEIR DOGS LEMMY, MORRISSEY AND CHINO <3

DUKE'S PAWTRAIT UNVEILING AT BETTY AND BUTCH

I WAS HONORED TO BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAINT THE EVER MAJESTIC AND HANDSOME DUKE, wHO BELONGS TO THE OWNERS OF BETTY AND BUTCH, A QUIRKY LITTLE DOG BOUTIQUE IN CHORLTON,SOUTH MANCHESTER. LOVELY SPREAD PUT ON FOLLOWED BY A MOVING SPEECH BY OWNER ANGEL, PICTURED HERE WITH ME AT THE IN STORE UNVEILING LAST NIGHT - I'M TOTALLY OVERWHELMED BY THEIR RESPONSE AND HAPPY ABOUT HOW PLEASED THEY ARE WITH THE PIECE, MANY THANKS TO THEM XXX

'THE HELL HOUND' (LATEST PRIVATE COMMISSION)

FIRST ROUGH DRAFT PLANS FOR A COMMISSION I'M CURRENTLY WORKING ON FOR SOME FRIENDS. THEY HAVE 3 CUTE LITTLE DOGS THAT THEY WANTED PAINTING AND THE BRIEF WAS TOTALLY OPEN... BUT THEY ARE PUNK AF SO I KNEW THEY'D BE UP FOR SOMETHING COOL! HENCE THE '3-HEADED HELL HOUND' CONCEPT. THE IDEA IS FOR THE FINAL PIECE TO RESEMBLE AN AUTHENTIC FORGOTTEN, VINTAGE HORROR POSTER. I LOVE GETTING BRIEFS LIKE THIS, WHICH BASICALLY INCORPORATES LOTS OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS (HORROR, MONSTERS, KITSCH, DOGS, VINTAGE POSTERS ETC), SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING STARTED ON IT THIS WEEK. I'LL POST THE FINAL PIECE WHEN IT'S DONE.

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WATERCOLOUR PORTRAIT COMMISSION

JUST COMPLETED THIS WATERCOLOUR PORTRAIT PAINTING FOR A FAMILY FRIEND FROM A LOVELY OLD PHOTO OF HIS PARENTS.

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LARGE PAINTING COMMISSION: MANCHESTER CITISCAPE

I WAS RECENTLY COMMISSIONED TO CREATE A LARGE CUSTOM PIECE FOR MY FRIEND AND FELLOW CREATIVE, ZACK (@ZackEsterhuisen). ZACK CAME UP WITH THE CITISCAPE IDEA FOR THE PIECE, WHICH IS TO BE PART OF A FEATURE WALL IN THE CENTRAL MANCHESTER APARTMENT HE SHARES WITH HIS PARTNER. THE ROOM IN WHICH THE PAINTING WILL BE HAS BEEN FULLY DECORATED, WITH THIS RUG AS A KEY PIECE (SOURCED IMAGE): 

WE DECIDED THE PIECE WOULD USE COLOURS FROM THE RUG.... IT'S A LOT MORE COLOURS THAN I'M USED TO WORKING WITH! THIS WAS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE BUT A FUN ONE. 

I STARTED BY CREATING SOME SIMPLIFIED ILLUSTRATIONS TO HELP ME WORK OUT THE COMPOSITION. I SELECTED MANCHESTER SPECIFIC STRUCTURES WITH INTERESTING/ RECOGNISABLE OUTLINES:

(THIS ONE WAS JUST FOR FUN - THE CAT IS ZACK'S CAT, GUCCI!)

I SPENT A BIT OF TIME LOOKING FOR INSPIRATION - I WANTED THE PIECE TO LOOK PAINTERLY BUT ALSO A BIT LIKE A PRINT WHILST RETAINING MY STYLE. THE THREE OF US REALLY LIKED THE IDEA OF A 1960S MINIMAL-STYLE PRINT LOOK TOO - THIS FITS IN WITH WHAT I'M INFLUENCED BY ANYWAY SO I USED THIS AS A GENERAL POINT OF REFERENCE WHEN PUTTING COLOURS TOGETHER:

(THESE PICS SHOW ONE HALF OF THE PIECE, I MASKED OFF AREAS AND TO CREATE ABSTRACT BLOCKS OF COLOUR WITH GOUACHE PAINT).

I COMPLETED THE PIECE WITH INKED LINEWORK IN MY SIGNATURE STYLE:

I'M HAPPY WITH THE PIECE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT IN SITU - IT WAS A NICE CHANGE AND REALLY USEFUL TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON A PROJECT BASED ON THE SPECIFICATIONS OF A CLIENT WHILST TRYING TO RETAIN MY OWN VISUALLY STYLE.

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