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Gallery - Pen and ink stipple portaits.

 Wedding portraits

Wedding portraits

This is my brother and his wife on their wedding day. It was given to them as an anniversary gift upon completion.

"On the Fence"

"On the Fence"

A birthday gift to a special friend, her own cat, my photo, 2 months to complete on A3 paper.

"True Love"

"True Love"

A gift to my sister and her husband. 2 months to complete, A3 size.

"Wivenhow Quay"

"Wivenhow Quay"

Taken from my own photo at Wivenhoe Quay, Essex, UK, on the first warm day of spring in April 2013. A3 size, 5 months to complete.

Colour pencil work

"Dancer"

"Dancer"

After spending a few hours taking photos at a lovely place called Pin Mill on the river Stour just outside Ipswich, Suffolk.....I discovered that my car had completely died. After waiting for hours, I called my friend who came to pick me up. We decided to make the most of it and had a lovely meal in the pub on the river bank. During the meal, a young girl rode her horse into the river just by the pub, and it began splashing around with its front hooves as if fascinated by the water. My own photo

A commission

A commission

This was a challenge. The client wanted me to super-impose this couple on to a background of this house.....which they designed themselves. Coloured pencil

Eva...a pet commission

Eva...a pet commission

This is A4 size, in colour pencil

"The Painting Lady"

"The Painting Lady"

. A3 size. Colour pencil (Faber Castel Polychromos) but just using the black pencil alone. From my own photo taken at Pin Mill, Suffolk.

"Soldier and Dog"

"Soldier and Dog"

Completed commission. A3 size. Colour pencil (Faber Castel Polychromos) but just using the black pencil.

Commission

Commission

Completed commission. A3 size, with Faber Castel polychromos colour pencils.

"After Feeding"

"After Feeding"

A3 size. Colour pencil (Faber Castel Polychromos). From my own photo, taken in Sudbury, Suffolk

Commission Harry Seys

Commission Harry Seys

A completed commission for a client

Commission

Commission

A completed commission for a client. A3 size

Pastel/pastel pencil work

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Composite of two photos

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

From my own reference photo.

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

From my own reference photos.

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Sudbury Buttercup Meadows

Sudbury Buttercup Meadows

The famed Sudbury meadows, from my own reference photo.

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

From my own reference photo using a seperate landscape shot I took previously

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

I replaced the original backgound and ground with this. I wanted to creare a dramatic effect.

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

From my own reference photo

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Cavendish Hills

Cavendish Hills

A landscape depicting one of my favourite childhood views near my home village of Cavendish, Suffolk. SOLD for £1750

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

A composite of three photos, two of which I took myself as the horse on the left passed away. From left to right.....Grandmother - mother - daughter.

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

A composite of two photos

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

A composite of four photos, all taken by myself.

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

From my own reference photo

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

From my own reference photo.

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

From my own reference photo.

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

A memorial piece using two photos. I was given a photo of this gentleman's head, and I had to take a photo of his son in the wedding suit, then I put them together. The idea being that this portrait would stand along side his son at his wedding....as thoough he was there.

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

From my own reference photo.

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Composite of three different photos, and one of the largest pastel pantings I've done at 100x 70cm

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

From my own reference photo.

Hawkedon lane

Hawkedon lane

A landscape of one of my favourite views in Suffolk

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Composite of three photos

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Commissioned Piece

Commissioned Piece

This was a composite of two different photos, using the same background as the main photo.

Commissioned piece

Commissioned piece

Wolf A5 size

Wolf A5 size

Wolf. I completed this in a day during a pastel workshop I attended to hone my skills.

Commission

Commission

A commission in pastels

Commission

Commission

A commission in pastels

Commission

Commission

A commission in pastels

Pastel portrait commision

Pastel portrait commision

This lovely creature is a World Horse Welfare horse (Leon).

Pastel commission

Pastel commission

This piece was completed using a very faded 30 year old photo. It was a challenge trying to get the correct colours.

Pastel Commission

Pastel Commission

Pastel Commission

Pastel Commission

A pastel Commission

A pastel Commission

An A3 size pastel commission of a mother and daughter. What a beautiful pair.

Pastel Commission

Pastel Commission

A3 size. Pastel sticks and pastel pencils.

Pastel Commission

Pastel Commission

Pastel Commission

Pastel Commission

An A3 size pastel commission composed from two diffirent photos.

Pastel Commission

Pastel Commission

What a cute sleeping baby

Pastl Commission

Pastl Commission

A memorial pastel commission of a much loved horse, gifted to the rider by her friends from the stable.

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A pastel commission

A pastel commission

A memorial pastel commission of a stunning white horse.

Pastel commission

Pastel commission

An A3 size commission using black and white pastels and pastel pencils.

A Pastel Commission

A Pastel Commission

Taken from two different reference photos.

A pastel commission

A pastel commission

A pastel commission

A pastel commission

A pastel commission

A pastel commission

A pastel commission

A pastel commission

A memorial pastel portrait

A memorial pastel portrait

A memorial pastel portrait of this much loved dog. The client cried and hugged me when she came to pick it up. Bless her.

Arthur

Arthur

This is the second portrait I've done of this young fellow, the first one being him looking up into the night sky with a blanket wrapped around him, and a fur hood.

British Bulldog commission

British Bulldog commission

A memorial portrait of a beloved British Bulldog in pastels.

Commission

Commission

Commission

Commission

Commission

Commission

Commission

Commission

Commission

Commission

A composite piece from two photos.

Commission

Commission

Commission

Commission

I had performed hypno-birthing on the mother of this childfor a number of months, with great success. This gorgeous, smiling baby is the result of those sessions.

Pastels

Pastels

A memorial pastel piece.

City robin

City robin

A pastel piece, from own reference photo taken in Hyde Park, London.

Ageless love

Ageless love

A pastel commission

A private piece created for my exhib

A private piece created for my exhib

From my own reference photo taken whilst out for a walk with the girls and their mum.

A commission

A commission

A pastel commission of an elderly couple.

A memorial pastel commission

A memorial pastel commission

A pasteltel commission

A pasteltel commission

A surprise pastel commission of a father and his daughter

Friars Meadow, Sudbury, Suffolk

Friars Meadow, Sudbury, Suffolk

A private pastel landscape from my own reference photo, will be shown at my exhibition in may 2016.

A commission in pastels

A commission in pastels

I was given a photo of the whole horse, but I thought it would look more dramatic as a head and shoulder portrait.

A Memorial portrait

A Memorial portrait

Completed in black and white pastels, this was commissiomed by this man's father, as a memorial to this much loved man.

A commission in pastels

A commission in pastels

A Pastel Commission

A Pastel Commission

A Pastel Commission

A Pastel Commission

I took the reference photo myself as the client coudn't produce a photo that was good enough to work from. It certainly was fun trying to get the horse into a good position.

A pastel commission

A pastel commission

A commission in pastels

A commission in pastels

Completed as Christmas present for the couple in this image. They look like they've had many happy years together

The Huntsman

The Huntsman

A Commission in pastels. The original reference photo had a very messy background of other hunters and crowds of people. I replaced it with this background.....from a landscape photo I took in the Dedham Vale area of Suffolk, UK.

A commission in pastels

A commission in pastels

Completed as a christmas present

Star Gazing

Star Gazing

A pastel commission. The little guy was wrapped up warm in a blanket whilst watching fireworks.

Two Choclate Labradors

Two Choclate Labradors

A pastel commission. After trying to get the client to send me a useable photo, I finally went round to her home to photograph them myself. Their heads are slightly raised because the client was holding some food up....they were both looking longingly at the food, and just moved their eyes towards me as I clicked my fingers. Bless 'em.

My New Red Dress

My New Red Dress

A3 Size commission in pastels and pastel pencils.

Pony and Girl Commission

Pony and Girl Commission

An A3 size pastel piece, a commission

Horse and Girl commission

Horse and Girl commission

An A3 size pastel commission.

Golden Retreiver in heather

Golden Retreiver in heather

A3 size pastel commission

Happy Family

Happy Family

An A3 size pastel commission

"Fascination"....A commission

"Fascination"....A commission

This was done for a friend as a commission. I took the photo myself after going for a walk with her and her twin daughters, with the goal of taking some photos of them over looking the Stour Valley, Suffolk...to use as reference for her commission.

A memorial commission

A memorial commission

This was commissioned as a memorial to the groom.

A memorial

A memorial

The man in this piece is the groom in the wedding memorial portrait. Here he is with his much loved children.

The Family

The Family

This is fromy my own personal collection, completed in my spare time....in between commissioned work. I took the reference photo myself in the spring of 2014 in Sudbury, Suffolk. Size 35 x 50cm

A commission

A commission

A3 size pastel commssion

Doris

Doris

Pastel commission....one of two commissioned by the proud owner. You can probably see the theme in the pink collars on this one and the second portrait of the two dogs next to this upload.

A very regal looking westie

A very regal looking westie

A pastel commission.

Our new brother

Our new brother

A pastel commission showing the love these two boys have for their new baby brother.

Whippet

Whippet

A commission in pastels

Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse

A commission in pastels, taken from the client's tiny physical photo.....you know, the ones that you had to get developed.

Portrait in pastels Nita 2 of 2

Portrait in pastels Nita 2 of 2

This is the second portrait of two that were ordered by the client, the first one being the two children on the blueish pillow.

Pastel commission..Nita 1 of 2

Pastel commission..Nita 1 of 2

This was one of two portraits I did for the client....both as a gift to her husband.

A memorial pastel portrait

A memorial pastel portrait

Eva the Staffie.

Eva the Staffie.

A memorial portrait in pastels

Mother and Cat

Mother and Cat

I did this as a gift to someone I care about very much.

The Little Ones

The Little Ones

An A3 size commission in pastels.

Miriam..A Memorial portrait.

Miriam..A Memorial portrait.

I was honoured to be asked to do this pastel portrait commission as a tribute to this young lady, who was tragically killed by a speeding driver.

Dad...A Memorial Commission

Dad...A Memorial Commission

Another tribute commission, in memory of the proud and well loved father and husband in ths image. It's actually a composite of two photos, I put them together in this portrait to make it look like they were all together....they didnt have a photo of them all together and really wanted one.

Dog Lover, Memorial Commission

Dog Lover, Memorial Commission

Sadly anbother memorial portrait in memory of this man, who loved this whippet very much.

Sleepy heads (A commission)

Sleepy heads (A commission)

A commission in pastels. A3 size.

Smiler (A commission)

Smiler (A commission)

A commission in pastels. A3 size.

A Memorial commission

A Memorial commission

These two little guys passed away, so the loving owner asked me to do a portrait in memorial to them.

A commission

A commission

This was another memorial commission for a family who loved him very much. The original photo was just him sitting in their kitchen....so I replaced the kitchen background with these lovely, vivid colours to complement his coat. Size 35 x 50cm

Commission - Simba

Commission - Simba

This is Simba the Rodesian Ridgeback. A3 size in pastels.

A Suffolk Landscape

A Suffolk Landscape

Everytime I drove past this scene, I was just drawn to it and promised myself I would draw it one day. I stopped off and took a photo, then spent the next month drawing it in pastels in my spare time (in between commissions). 35 x 50cm. Pastels and pastel pencils.

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