Custom Pet and Family Portraits/Fine Art
Artist Statement:
The ability to form immediate, intense bonds with others is vital to my work as an artist. My goal is to create these bonds with the animals and people I paint. My art depicts deep contrast of light and shadow through chiaroscuro, and yin and yang energy. This contrast, like the tension between good and harm, is meant to translate this connection to the viewer, uncover compassion, and foster peace.
By capturing the essence of the subject, I hope to spark humanity’s innate ability to see through the lens of kindness. Desire for a nonviolent world is a prism that transforms my work into love and light for the subjects. Use of saturated, vibrant color attempts to ignite the viewer’s mind; motivating them to swim against the tide of complacency, and to become their most enlightened and compassionate selves. In a peaceful world.
I live and work in the Midwestern USA.
Acrylic
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Acrylic 〰️
Gold leaf
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Mixed Media
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Mixed Media 〰️
A Note about Custom Pet and Family Portraits:
I am honored to offer custom portraiture of your own pets and family.
The price for an 8 by 8" or 8 by 10" acrylic painting of one pet or person averages $200.00. The price will be higher for larger paintings, mixed media or gold leaf work, and paintings with more than one pet or person.
The photograph is KEY to a high quality custom pet portrait. Here are some hints for photographing your pet:
~use natural light, preferable at sunrise or sunset. Either outside, or inside by a window.
~No flash.
~Close up of the face and head at the pet's eye level.
~With pet looking into the camera
~I can also simply work with the photos you currently have
Please contact me and we can discuss the details.
