— COMMISSIONS
STORYSCAPES
A Storyscape™ places your pet within a meaningful environment — a favorite field, a shoreline, a working landscape, somewhere that holds memory. The setting is not decorative. It is part of the portrait.
Not a pet in front of a background. A portrait that tells a story.
The result is a fully realized artwork where place and subject belong together. Composition, color, and atmosphere are designed from the start to support your pet, not compete with them — the viewer's eye is always guided back to the subject. Each Storyscape is created digitally, refined and approved before anything is committed to canvas, then printed on archival canvas and finished by hand with acrylic paint.
— THE PROCESS
What goes into a Storyscape
Every Storyscape begins with understanding your subject and the world they inhabit — or inhabited. We talk about the places that mattered, the light, the season, the feeling you want the piece to carry.
The setting is built around that conversation. Composition, color, and atmosphere are designed from the start to support your pet, not compete with them.
Because Storyscapes involve more compositional complexity than Signature Portraits, the design phase typically includes multiple mockups used to refine the overall direction before the final artwork begins. This collaborative back-and-forth is what allows the finished piece to feel intentional rather than assembled.
Once the design is approved, the portrait is printed on archival canvas and finished by hand with acrylic brushwork for real depth and presence.
— SELECTED STORYSCAPES
The range of what’s possible.
FIELD AND WORKING DOGS
Dogs with a connection to landscape or purpose.
The setting reinforces who they are — sport, work, the land they were bred for. For field dogs, pointing breeds, herding dogs, and working breeds, the environment is part of the identity.
— WHO THEY’RE MADE FOR
What makes a good Storyscape subject.
HERITAGE & HISTORY
Environments that honor a breed's origin.
Historically inspired settings that place your dog within the landscape, era, or culture their breed emerged from. A way to connect who they are now to where they came from.
A MEANINGFUL PLACE
Somewhere that belongs to the relationship.
A backyard, a trail, a shoreline, a field they loved. When the place itself holds memory, including it in the portrait makes the artwork more personal — not just a likeness, but a record.
MEMORIAL PORTRAITS
A setting that becomes part of the remembrance.
A Storyscape can carry more narrative weight than a portrait alone. Placing your pet in a landscape they loved — or one that reflects how you think of them — adds a layer of meaning that stays with the artwork.
— INVESTMENT
Size, pricing, and what to expect.
Storyscapes are available in three sizes — Small, Medium, and Large — based on the longest dimension of the finished canvas. Because of the additional compositional complexity, pricing reflects the additional design work involved.
All commissions begin with a $100 design and consultation fee, credited toward the final investment once the design is approved. Flexible payment plans are available.
PREFER A SIMPLER PRESENTATION?
Signature Portraits
A Signature Portrait keeps the focus entirely on your pet against a clean painted background — no setting, no narrative elements. Classic, focused, and timeless.
Tell me about your pet and the place you have in mind.
The first step is reaching out. From there we'll work out whether a Storyscape is the right fit and what the composition might look like. The commission process page explains what to expect at each step.