Pet Portraits

I just finished a commissioned oil painting of this lovely yellow lab, and I'm ready for more! Who else wants a pet portrait? I have a great time painting these and have found that although I love painting people portraits, pet portraits are much less fussy. They don't complain about things like "I look too fat or too old" ... let's face it animals are much easier to work with. So far I've painted plenty of dogs, but honestly where's the cat people out there? I love cats! I can paint any pet or even their people :)

I usually try to stick to the square format and do a true portrait of the animal, that means a focus on the face/head upper body. I've found that using a square format emphasizes the character of a portrait painting. All I need is a decent picture of your beloved pet. I will coach you on providing a good photo for reference... the better your photo the more accurate your painting.

So far the popular size an 18x18" canvas (good for big dogs and large animals), but I also will paint a 16x16" (small dogs and cats work great on this size). I paint around the sides so framing is optional. The prices are $360 or $285 ... very reasonable and you get an original painting that is long lasting and priceless!

Want something even bigger? email me we can discuss price by size... sam_sgn@hotmail.com

Order your custom Pet Portrait now, pick from two sizes (the links will redirect you to my Etsy store):

18x18" pet portrait
16x16" pet portrait

email for any questions: sam_sgn@hotmail.com

 here's some progress shots:

Aaron's Girls

the latest commission... I combined my beach painting style with my portraiture painting. It's probably one of the largest paintings I've done so far... 20x36" (I don't normally paint very big)

oil on canvas 20x36"

©Sam Nagel

available for commissions, email me at: sam_sgn@hotmail.com

Daisy and Ajax

I want to call them "Daisy White" and "Ajax Black" ...their names sound like paint colors. Pet portrait commissions, better images now that they are dry... I actually stuck these into my scanner, had to stitch it all back together, but worth it. Better than my camera. If anyone is interested in your own pet portrait I'm taking on commissions. Email me at: sam_sgn@hotmail.com  ...Thanks for looking!

18x18" oil on canvas

©Sam Nagel

Pet Portraits

 

Come to think of it, I think these are my first dog paintings ever... huh, wow. Well, these two are commissioned pet portraits that came out pretty awesome in my opinion :P ...I will take better photos in a few days once the oil has dried up some, the green one is at an angle because the glare was awful straight on. I posted some of my progress, because I always like to see other artist's work in progress I think it's cool to share mine. The first progress shot are both prob 15 min each of painting. The second pic is at about half finish.

The white dog was pretty easy to paint, which I thought was going to be the more difficult one... turned out I was like wtf I am doing? the whole time I painted the black dog, lol. Not until the very end did I feel like I pulled it all together... even turned the lights off to paint through the 'speed bump' I encountered, it was like painting color blind... not sure I recommend that, but it helped me loosen up and get back into it.

Thanks for looking!

18x18" oil on canvas

Child's Portrait

A commissioned child's portrait, of course I have to put my square strokes in somewhere. I'm a little disappointed with the picture here; the original painting looks much nicer... but that's what happens when I take a photo instead of scan it. It's been a while since I've done a figure in oil, and know it will always give me a nice painting session... portraits are fun, always different, and I've done so many that by now I don't even have to think too hard and I just enjoy the process.

oil 12x16"

White Buffalo

Commissioned oil painting from the summer. Prints available upon request.