Showing posts with label Pet Portraits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pet Portraits. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Toffee Painting

"Toffee" - December 2010
11" x 14" Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Black & White Acrylic

Toffee is a FANTASTIC dog whom I had the pleasure of painting as a Christmas present for a friend of a friend in Osaka, Japan!

I absolutely LOVED painting this little guy!

Monday, December 27, 2010

Tyler Painting

"Tyler" - December 2010
11" x 14" Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Black & White Acrylic

Tyler was a wonderful dog who passed away just before Christmas this year. Nobody wants something like that to happen, so we made sure she'd be home for Christmas...if only through this portrait.

Home for Christmas.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Domino Painting

"Domino" - November 2010
11" x 14" Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Black & White Acrylic

Domino is a beautiful cat I recently had the honor of painting a portrait of.

Domino is an adopted cat who is FIV positive and lives a wonderful and full life with other FIV positive cats.

Adopt without discrimination.

Friday, September 3, 2010

Tyler Painting

"Tyler" - August 2010
11" x 14" Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Black & White Acrylic

Tyler was painted in memory of a beautiful soul who is responsible for thousands of others being rescued year after year.

Just one dog.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Chip Painting

"Chip" - June 2010
11" x 14" Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Black & White Acrylic

Chip is a portrait of an incredible dog who was adopted by a friend who really loves animals.

This portrait was given to her as a Birthday present.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Oreo Painting

"Oreo" - June 2010
11" x 14" Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Black & White Acrylic

Oreo is painted in memoriam of a beautiful dog nobody met.

Oreo's is a tale of tragedy Shakespeare himself couldn't have written better. Beaten for hours by her owner then thrown from a rooftop six stories down to the streets, Oreo was "rescued" by the ASPCA and treated for her injuries - broken ribs, broken legs, open wounds...the list goes on and on. A few months later, Oreo was dead.

The ASPCA is said to have raised some $6,000,000.00 for Oreo through donations from people who heard about her story. Oreo made a full medical recovery, and only a few months later the ASPCA killed her. Pulled for evaluation while still healing (physically, as well as emotionally) from being beaten for hours and then thrown six stories down into the road, Oreo's temperament evaluator stated that she was too aggressive and not fit for adoption - a death sentence by ASPCA standards.

Having learned of Oreo's story and her impending death at the hands of her "saviors", Pets Alive stepped in and stated that they would be more than happy to take in Oreo and all of the expenses and responsibilities that come with her. Pets Alive is highly experienced with bully breeds AND at handling animals which are in need of extra delicate attention and care. Basically, Oreo fit what Pets Alive does on a regular basis to a "T". Oreo was killed by the ASPCA the next day.

There has been a TON of politics, emotions, beliefs and even a law is trying to be passed in New York surrounding the events of Oreo's death. Bridges have been burnt, some have just been damaged, others have even formed through political bonds or similar beliefs on what Oreo has grown to represent... Hell, I even painted a portrait of the poor creature during these events... The dog that nobody ever met... Another face in the sea of needless death that is the kill shelter system...

She was just another dog, that didn't need to die, who nobody saved.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Delilah Jo Bear Painting

"Delilah Jo Bear" - May 2010
11" x 14" Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Black & White Acrylic

Delilah Jo Bear was commissioned by a great friend who has been really supportive of both my artwork and of Pets Alive.

Delilah was only a part of this world for a short period of time, but in that time she was loved greatly.

Find peace.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Jasper Painting

Jasper" - June 2010
11" x 14" Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Black & White Acrylic

Jasper is a portrait of a beautiful dog that just loves his human! I was absolutely thrilled at the opportunity to paint him for her!

If you follow Pets Alive's tweets, you have definitely seen a few about Jasper thrown in there as well! She just loves her "Little Man"!

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Pet Portraits Progress

Things seem to be off to a pretty good start with the Pet Portraits.

The first painting, Elmer, is hanging on my girlfriend's wall.

The second, Delilah Jo Bear, is photographed and just waiting on shipping supplies.

I've started on the third, Jasper, and it already has a good amount of paint on it. I should be able to do just do some highlights and some O.C.D. touch-ups here and there and it should be good to go!

And today I posted on twitter that the first person who replied to me with #catportrait would get 50% off of their cat's portrait! AND I got a RESPONSE to it! So that ROCKS! I'm VERY excited about this! I really wanted to try out a cat portrait so that the cat people could see what that would look like as well, and here we go!

I was actually thinking about posting for the contest last night, but was really nervous about it. I mean, what if there was NO response AT ALL?! That's just embarrassing right there! But within a few minutes, there it was! This is a great day!

Monday, April 26, 2010

Elmer Painting / Commissions

"Elmer" - April 2010
11" x 14" Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Black & White Acrylic

My girlfriend and I have just celebrated our One Year Anniversary!

Without her, or anybody else, having any idea, I recently completed a painting of her dog, Elmer (Elmer passed away some months back and she is GREATLY remembered and missed). This past weekend I gave Toni the painting for our Anniversary. She absolutely LOVED it! I was so happy she loved the painting so much. It's now hung up and everything.

It has been an all over great experience painting this piece. I'm really happy with how every step of it went.

Of course I took some pictures of "Elmer" and I posted them online and texted them to friends and family. The feedback I've been getting is just AMAZING! Everybody seems to love it.

It really is great hearing such positive feedback about this painting, especially with how important it is and also with how nervous I always am about my artwork. I never know what's working, what's not working, what parts people really are drawn towards, or what they really just don't care for...and honestly, for the most part, I basically figure people mostly take the position of "Oh, that's nice. (Wouldn't want it, but look at what you're so proud of.)" What I'm hearing from friends, family, and even other Artists, really feels like genuine interest and congratulations on this piece. It's a pretty nice feeling. AND, some people have even asked about commissioning me to do a portrait of THEIR pet for them! How cool is THAT!?! I can't WAIT to get started on those! Of course I'm VERY nervous about it, but also SO excited!

It's definitely going to be a journey starting out on these commissions. It's also definitely one that NEEDS TO be done. I plan on taking a slow start, working mostly with people I know would be forgiving of any stumbles and hiccups along the way. And there are a TON of things that can go wrong on any one commission - the image the Client has in mind versus what the Artist understands is desired, pricing, timeframe, shipping, payment...anything could go wrong. But knowing that somebody actually wants ME to paint something for THEM...that's just an incredible feeling. So I'm looking forward to it!

Friday, April 23, 2010

Elmer Painting

"Elmer" - April 2010
11" x 14" Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Black & White Acrylic

Elmer is the first of a series of Pet Portraits by Artist Anthony Trott.

Painted only a few months after the passing of his girlfriend's dog (of whom is the subject of the portrait), Anthony presented this painting to her in hopes it would help to ease her pain over the loss of her Elmer and maybe someday provide her with some level of peace and closure.

Since then, Anthony has started painting his style of Pet Portraits for others, either in memoriam or in honor of a loved animal.

Anthony's thought on the Pet Portraits is "Anyone can take a picture and keep it and look at it, but there is something uniquely special that comes with a portrait created by hand of that someone so special. A part of their spirit is captured within it...and lives on forever with you."

Anthony's Pet Portraits, as well as many of his other works, can be found at: http://anthonytrott.com/