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Original Dog, Cat & Animal Portrait Paintings by Artist Sharon Challand |
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| My original dog, cat and animal portrait paintings are created to give you a lifetime memory of a loyal friend. I specialize in painting commissioned fine art portraits, that are done from your photographs. I work in oil and pastels for my paintings, to give you not only the finest quality, but also the longest lasting type of portraits available. Your complete satisfaction of the portrait is guaranteed! Animals have always been a favorite subject matter for my original art work. I especially love the challenge of capturing each ones unique features and personality in a custom portrait. I primarily focus my commissioned art on cat, dog and domestic animal portraits. I work in a realistic style that has been described as having a softness or "aura" about it. I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Northern Illinois University. My original commissioned portraits have been sold to collectors throughout the U.S. My animal portraits of cats, dogs and horses are available in either pastel or oil paint. Pastels offers rich colors, extreme longevity, a similar look to oil (at a slightly lower cost) and are done on heavy archival, museum quality paper. Oil paintings are done on stretched archival canvas. Each custom portrait is ready to be framed to last for generations. |
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Oil on canvas |
Oil on canvas |
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Oil on canvas |
Oil on Canvas |
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Pastel on paper |
Pastel on paper |
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Oil on canvas |
Pastel on paper |
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Creating a portrait of your pet I work from your photographs to create each commissioned portrait. I can print out clear emailed photographs or use your original mailed ones, as reference photo's to paint from. All mailed photographs will be returned with your finished portrait. My cat & dog animal portraits can be painted as either head or full body poses. Special backgrounds and your pets name can also be added to a portrait. Please email for a quote on these. I will email you a computer scan of your portrait while it is in progress - to get your feedback and approval, so that any changes if needed, can be made before its completion. I paint many portraits as a memorial of a favorite pet that has passed away. They are also a great way to capture the likeness of a special living pet, and make very unique gifts. Portraits can capture an animal friend in a way that photographs rarely can! If you have any questions or think that you may be interested in having a portrait painted, but are not quite sure where to start? Just email me - I am always glad to help out! Please email me at: challand@pet-portrait.com If for any reason the email link does not work, just write to me from your own email provider.
A few comments from my portrait clients: Wow! It is even better than I imagined. I would say that you do a remarkable job. The color of the background is great too. Both portraits look wonderful. You really captured my cat's coloring. We are very pleased with the pet portrait proofs and look forward to receiving them. My dog's portrait is absolutely perfect - he is so beautiful, I would not change one thing - it looks exactly like him. The portrait of our dog, my wife loves it!
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Oil on canvas |
Pastel on paper
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Oil on canvas
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Pastel on paper |
Oil on canvas |
Pastel on paper |
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am grateful to have the opportunity in life to be a working artist and strive
to achive my best in the gift of painting that God has given. |
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images ©2000-2007 by Sharon Challand with all rights reserved. None of the images
contained in this |
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