Original acrylic painting on canvas of this regal greyhound dog.
A selected range of quality products featuring this painting “Royalty” can be seen below and are now available for purchase.
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“Major” the English Springer Spaniel is a reproduction of an original 8″ x 10″ acrylic and pencil painting
A selected range of quality products featuring this painting “Major” can be seen below and are now available for purchase.
Owners of water loving, tennis ball obsessed Jack Russell Terriers will appreciate the familiarity this scene! Digitally hand painted using pressure sensitive tablet and stylus in Corel Painter.
A selected range of quality products featuring this painting of “Jack at the Beach” can be seen below and are now available for purchase.
Traditional oil painting of Hallie, a fellow artist’s world famous Dachshund dog, hand painted on canvas board. Original painting 5″x7″ for sale framed in a simple black wood frame.
A selection of products including art prints, jewellery boxes, t-shirts, mousepads, necklaces and other customizable gift items featuring the black and tan long haired “Hallie” are now available for purchase.
Its unbelievable how fast this year has gone, it seems like I blinked and suddenly its Christmas! I have a ton of new artwork to add to the blog and to my Zazzle and Redbubble giftshops as well as having a new streamlined designs for both my photography website and this one for my art and pet portrait commissions. I am definitely being over-ambitious to think I can get all that done in the immediate future, so for the time being will just update this blog with recent artwork and a number of awards that I received at a recent art show that I entered (which I am very pleased with;)
Going back to my original comment about it nearly being Christmas, Pet Portrait Paintings are a unique and memorable Christmas present for animal lovers! I will be able to accept a limited number of Pet Portrait commissions for delivery before Christmas – and to really get into the Christmas spirit, I am offering Christmas Special for the following traditional and digital portraits (cameo portrait, one subject with plain background):
Traditional Charcoal/Graphite Drawing:
Drawing supplied matted and ready to slip into a standard 11”x14” frame. Normally $250.00 Christmas Special $150.00
Digital Painting Portraits:
Small digital file delivered by email suitable for printing up to 8”x10”, unlimited personal reprint permission, non-exclusive print rights: normally $200 Christmas Special $100.00
Large digital file suitable for printing up to 16″x20″, unlimited personal reprint permission, non-exclusive print rights: normally $250.00 Christmas Special $150.00
Exclusive Digital File: printable up to 16”x20” Exclusive print rights: normally $300.00 Christmas Special $200.00
Digital Portraits Printed on Gallery Wrapped canvas (30mm or 40mm profile) and hand finished by artist:
11”x14” normally $300.00 Christmas Special $200.00
12”x12” normally $330.00 Christmas Special $230.00
16”x16” normally $380.00 Christmas Special $280.00
A 30% deposit, one or more photographs for me to work from and a brief description of the subjects personality is all that is required to secure a place on my waiting list!
Please order early to ensure delivery prior to Christmas. Additional pets in portraits $50.00 digital, $80.00 traditional graphite/charcoal drawings. Detailed Backgrounds, tack, equipment, costumes from $40.00
Unfortunately traditional acrylic and oil paintings on canvas are not available for Christmas commissions as there is just not enough time to complete them.
Please contact me for additional information or to book your Christmas Pet Portrait commission.
One of the absolute joys of painting digitally instead of with real paints on a traditional canvas, is the freedom to simply play and explore new directions with an artwork that I would never dare to try with a traditional painting for fear of ruining it. Its actually very liberating and while it may not always result in a success it definitely leads to greater creativity and that can only be good for ones soul! x Michelle
Bolt Squared - Modern Pet Portrait Painting
Michelle Wrighton: Animal, Wildlife & Landscape Fine Art & Photography
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This is Muffin’s Pet Portrait Painting, such a sweet little Silky Terrier with such gorgeous silky hair!
Muffin - Digital Pastels Pet Portrait Painting
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I am finally catching up to date with my blog posts, just a few more to do now:) This is Ralphie, the first pet portrait I have painted in my “Inspire me to Paint” series.
Ralphie - Pet Portrait ©2010 Michelle Wrighton
Thanks for visiting my blog and sharing my art and photography with your family and friends!
Michelle Wrighton: Animal, Wildlife & Landscape Fine Art & Photography
FACEBOOK: Michelle Wrighton Artist
TWITTER: artistMichelleW
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The original oil painting ‘Angel in Blue’ is one of my favourite traditional oil paintings on canvas that I have done. Unlike many artists who will re-visit a painting they have created in the past and paint it again in a larger size or different medium, I very rarely, if ever do this…possibly because the traditional art mediums that I use (charcoal, graphite, color pencils, acrylic and oil paints) and the detailed style that I paint in take so many hours to create that I just have never had the desire to become that familiar with the image again!
However digital painting is proving to be so much fun and so liberating, LOL somedays I just think my artistic muse must be on speed;) Or maybe something else a bit funny if the contemporary digital modifications that I have made to a photo of my American Staffordshire Terrier oil painting ‘Angel in Blue’ is any indication;) While I still prefer the traditional oil painting version (and I am not sure if this version will appear anywhere else but in this blog post), my creative spirit is having so much fun that I feel somewhat compelled to share some of my experiments! This is not a simple photo manipulation using one click filters or adjustments in photoshop, I have added all the new colours to the photo and re-painted and blended them in this very funky version of Angel. Nice and bright, hey?
Funky Angel - Contemporary American Staffordshire Terrier Painting
I met this gorgeous Dogue de Bordeaux some time ago at a dog show and new straight away that I would paint his portrait which I have finally managed to do. Actually, I ainted him a while ago now, but I’m still playing catch up with my blog! The Dogue de Bordeaux is still a rare breed, but most people will remember Tom Hanks’ co-star in the 1989 comedy “Turner & Hooch” and camera chomping dog in the Olympus Digital Camera advertising campaign.
Dogue de Bordeaux are believed to have originated in France over 600 years ago and are also known as the French Mastiff, Bordeaux dog, Bulldogue Francais, or simply DDB. They were originally bred to hunt, guard and fight and these imposing, fearless dogs were popular protectors of the noble and wealthy. Today, Dogue de Bordeaux are prized family companions for their loyal, devoted, playful and affectionate nature and sweet, balanced temperament and courage as a guard dog.
More information about this lovely breed can be obtained from the newly formed Dogue de Bordeaux Club of Australia.
Stormy Dogue - Dogue de Bordeaux painting by Michelle Wrighton
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Thanks for visiting my blog and sharing my art and photography with your family and friends!
x Michelle
Michelle Wrighton: Animal, Wildlife & Landscape Fine Art & Photography
FACEBOOK: Michelle Wrighton Artist
TWITTER: artistMichelleW
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