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Portraits that reflect a relationship.
I create custom portraits for people who see their animals as family. Each piece is designed around your pet, your photographs, and the things that make them unmistakably “them”.
Meet the Lion Brothers
Yes, those really are my dogs.
Rook and Lager were photographed wearing lion costumes, which became the inspiration for the Storyscape painting you saw.
These are Storyscapes. Your pet can be placed into a setting that reflects a place, memory, or idea that matters to you.
MEMORIAL PET PORTRAITS
— SIGNATURE OR STORYSCAPE
Two ways to create your portrait
SIGNATURE PORTRAIT
Full attention on your pet.
A Signature Portrait places your pet against a simple painted background — nothing to distract from expression and presence. This format keeps the focus on who they were: the look in their eyes, the way they held themselves. Clean, timeless, and entirely about them.
STORYSCAPE PORTRAIT
A place that holds memory.
A Storyscape incorporates a meaningful setting — a backyard, a favorite field, a shoreline, or another place that belongs to the relationship. The environment becomes part of the story while keeping your pet central to the composition. It can carry more narrative weight than a portrait alone.
Both approaches are equally thoughtful. The right choice depends on how you want the portrait to feel.
A SMALLER STORYSCAPE
Looking for something smaller?
Storyscape Miniatures are 8×10 hand-finished canvas portraits designed around a single pet. $500.
Created from the photographs you already have.
You don't need the perfect photograph.
I work from the images you already have and can often combine several photographs to create the portrait. We'll choose the expressions, poses, and details that feel most like your pet, then I'll create a mockup for you to review before the painting is finished.
Ready to talk about your pet?
You don't need to know exactly what you want.
Send me a few photographs and tell me a little about your pet. I'll help you figure out what kind of portrait makes sense.