Dog Portrait of "Jewel" by Marcy Brennan

Oil on 12" x 12" x 1.5" gallery canvas - SOLD - commissioned portrait

This is the second dog portrait my friend commissioned me to paint.  This is of their current dog, Jewel.  Jewel is a basset hound.  If you know anything about basset hounds, then you know that they pretty much rule the house, and this is certainly the case with Jewel.  She's an old girl now and is of course set in her "queenly" ways.  I told my friend we should title this as "I'm Keeping My Eye on You".  :-)

Beau by Marcy Brennan

Oil on 12" x 12" x 1.5" gallery canvas - SOLD - commissioned portrait

Some friends of mine commissioned me to paint their sheltie, Beau, who has been gone for years.  They also commissioned me to paint their current dog, a bassett hound named Jewel, which I'll post next.  Beau was a pretty little dog!

My doggie portrait commissions all started a bit by accident when I painted my daughter's dog, Buddy, for her birthday.  I posted Buddy on Facebook and her friend saw it and commissioned me to paint her dog, Coco.  Then when I posted Coco on Facebook, my friend's daughter saw it and had her mom commission me to paint Jewel, which turned into two paintings, Jewel and Beau.  I'm finding that I really love painting animals, especially dogs.  There's just something special about man's best friend!  There is so much character in their sweet little faces.

If you have a special pet you would like me to paint, a 12" x 12" oil on canvas is $150.  I use your photographs and the painting is wired in the back and ready to hang without a frame.  I paint the 1.5" deep sides the same color as the portrait background.

Coco by Marcy Brennan

Oil on 12" x 12" x 1.5" deep gallery canvas - NFS

This is a pet portrait I was commissioned to paint for my daughter's friend.  Not sure what the breed is, but I'm pretty sure she is a mix as she is a rescued dog from the Humane Society.  I think her name Coco aptly describes her!  She's a beauty with very expressive eyes.

Portrait of Mike Brennan by Marcy Brennan

9" x 12" Oil on Masonite - Artist's Collection

This is my first portrait!  It is of my husband Mike.  I completed most of it in my Intuitive Oil painting class and finished it up the same day at home.  My goal was to get the features in the right place and to express the portrait by the use of color as much as form.  The challenging part was that my reference photo was on my iphone and it wasn't a head shot!  The screen kept going blank and I had to constantly turn the phone back on to see what I was painting.  Next time, I'll print the photo on paper ;-)

This was my reference photo