Pet Portraits photo art - watercolor style or oil painting style hand detailed from your photos on watercolor paper.

My favorite pet portraits have been of German Shepherd Dogs, Labrador Retrievers and West Highland White Terriers They have always been a favorite subject matter for my custom paintings.

I also enjoy painting Pug dog portraits. These little rascals always bring a smile to your lips when they snuffle up to you to ask for a tummy rub. 

I have had dogs as pets for as long as I can remember and I have been creating pet art just as long.  When I paint a portrait I find that it’s especially important to capture the dog’s unique features and personality.

Sophie, a German Shepherd dog from San Francisco is also this site’s logo. This pet portrait photo was taken at Ocean Beach near San Francisco where she was walked regularly. In the original photo there she was sitting in the back of a SUV near the beach so I placed her in front of the ocean where she loved to run and play

Each German Shepherd dog is different and deserves to be treated as unique even among their breed. The eyes of a dog are so important. No two of my pet portraits are ever the same. 

If I can’t see the color in the images or photo you send to me, please let me know the color of their eyes.  A dog’s eye color could be any variety of brown, gray, amber or even blue and really play an important focal point in all my pet portraits. 

Here is a pet portrait where the portrait started off with a very bland background and didn’t give the portrait much color. The white of her fur and the blue of the background makes this portrait stand out.

If you would like to start your pet portrait today, just click on the upper right hand corner which will take you to a page where you can find out where to send or e-mail your pet images to me so that I can look them over. You have many choices for a portrait and you can also see the prices I charge for my pet portraits.