Work in Progress - Springer/Poodle Cross

I recently completed a painting of my gorgeous dog Maisie. She's half springer spaniel and half poodle (sometimes called a spoodle, similar to a cockerpoo)meaning she looks like a big fluffy teddy-bear most of the time. I've tried to paint her before with limited success, since she is so long haired she always ended up looking like a pom-pom with eyes rather than a dog but this time I've finally cracked it.

I actually used a different photo from the same day for her eyes since there was too much fur covering them. I removed her collar too.




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Work in Progress - Corgi Cross.

This painting is actually of my own dog. She's called Alice, she was born on 4.7.2013. She's very naughty energetic and she loves everyone. This was painted from a photo taken in late March 2014, a week before she unexpectedly lost her sight.

Her personality is as big and bouncy as ever, she's the happiest dog you will ever meet and we love her to pieces. This was an important painting for me to make and I worked really hard on it. It's a surprise piece for my mum so I'm popping it up here to show my readers and hoping she doesn't stumble across it and ruin her birthday surprise.




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Peachy Dreams

Oil Paint on Canvas

35X25cm in size with chunky 4cm edges painted the same shade as the background.

Signed and dated along the bottom edge - hidden out of sight to make the painting more seamless.



August 2014



Very sweet Whippet with big sad eyes.



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Pink Rottweiler

Oil Paint on Canvas

35X25cm in size with chunky 4cm edges painted the same shade as the background.

Signed and dated along the bottom edge - hidden out of sight to make the painting more seamless.


Painted July 2014



Very happy rottweiler painted in princess pink. Big bouncy breeds can be girly too.



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River Wet Spaniel

Oil Paint on Canvas

35X25cm in size with chunky 4cm edges painted the same shade as the background.

Signed and dated along the bottom edge - hidden out of sight to make the painting more seamless.



Painted June 2013



Cheeky spaniel who found his way into a grubby river. He's now feeling quite sorry for himself and is in dire need of a bath!



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Orange Greyhound

Oil Paint on Canvas

25x35cm in size with chunky 4cm edges painted the same shade as the background.

Signed and dated along the bottom edge - hidden out of sight to make the painting more seamless.



As you can see it was painted in December 2013



Sweet little orange greyhound looking suspiciously over his shoulder.

Inspired by the funny looks dogs give their owners when they watch them. My dog does this when she watches people eat anything she thinks looks particularly yummy.



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About the Artist

This is a quick blog about me, my life and how I got into art. It is quite narcissistic and has lots of photos - you have been warned :)



First of all my name is Sophie, I live in essex with my parents, siblings, boyfriend, 2 dogs, 4 cats, maxi cob, corn snake, crocodile Skink and Leopard Gecko.


Me aged 9



I have been drawing and painting for most of my life, being dyslexic meant that colours and shapes have always made more sense than letters and words.


A shetland, drawn by me aged 7


I managed to pass my GCSEs with better grades than expected and finished 6th form a few years after that. I had never considered going to university but suddenly I was presented with the opportunity to do so.



I experimented in my foundation year with colour, sculpture and paint, having stuck to skin tones and graphite due to shyness during school.



After my foundation year, I got into the university I wanted.

In the first week we were asked to do an art exercise - pull an item out of your bag a create a project based on that item. I pulled out a small perfume. I made a project on the impact of smell on memory and nostalgia. I picked a huge metre canvas and started my first oil painting.









I drew and (partially) painted my first animal in 9 years and loved it.

It was another year before I gained the confidence to draw a horse again. I was a weird kid in school - being horse obsessed and having a learning difficulty that meant I was mildly bullied for a year or two. It was enough to knock my confidence, making me stop my constant equine doodles at the age of 11.



My whole year held an art exhibition just before our graduation. Before the exhibition had even opened to the public all my paintings had sold, it was at that moment that I realised more people than just myself and my family (who might be slightly biased...) like my work.

I graduated in July 2013 with a 2:1 and the rejuvenated love of animals, colours and paint.




I am now making the first few cautious steps towards making a career out of making art.

Miniature Oil Paintings

I have decided to develop a slightly new idea for my portraits. I have used much smaller canvases.

10cm



15cm



20cm



These new paintings are really great fun to do, since I can finish a couple everyday, so I get to enjoy lots of colours and lots of different animals. They are also, in most cases, inexpensive enough that you can have a small collection of them without breaking the bank.

I tested the sizes and colours on my own pets, funny looking bunch that they are.



I also experimented with using "real" colour for the first time in a long time to depict my little Maisie's brown nose. I have also finished my hore in teal, a tribute to the very first colourful portrait I ever made.







Photographing these paintings took longer than usual because I had a little helper...



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