These are some examples of my Pastel & Colored Pencil Portraits.
These are my specialty and seem to be the favorite of my customers!
You can see more by going to my Gallery page.

So far I haven't found any other artist that uses this technique
quite the same way as I do. For me, this is the best way of achieving the
most life like images of your pet. They take me about 20 hours to complete!

This is the original photo that I used for the Portrait of Tilly.
	Pastel & Colored Pencil on paper - 10" X 12"
This is the original photo that I used for the Portrait of Bamse.
	Pastel & Colored Pencil on paper - 12" X 16"
This is the original photo that I used for the Portrait of Tally.   Pastel & Colored Pencil on paper - 12" X 16" This is the original photo that I used for the Portrait of Pushkin. Pastel & Colored Pencil on paper - 12" X 16" Original photo for the Portrait of Pia. This was one of the very first portraits I created more than 25 years ago! Pia has long since passed, but I will never forget how she gave me the best compliment I ever got. I was delivering her portrait, and as I was showing it to her owner, she came walking into the room, took a double take at the portrait...and started barking angrily at it! It was all I needed to let me know that my work was true to life! Thank You Pia for the compliment. Pastel & Colored Pencil on paper - 16" X 20"   For information on photographing your pet go to my Photo Tips page.

Updated May 26, 2009

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