Best Buddies, a Painting of Two Golden Retriever Puppies
This is my painting "Best Buddies", oil on 14" x 11" archival panel, which I completed during the past year. I wanted to try to capture that trusting love puppies seem to have with each other. I am excited to announce that this painting is now available as art...
Portrait of Thai Completed
Thai, a Havanese by Hope Lane, 8 x 10" acrylic Here is Thai's portrait all finished. Painting this sweet Havanese was so much fun--and it was doubly nice to know that the donation of his portrait could help other animals too. It took quite a while (and many little...
Midway Through A Havanese Painting
I started my painting of Thai believing he was far whiter than he really was. Upon viewing the first photo of my earlier stage, the client told me that, in fact, Thai tended to be more apricot in his fur with some gray on his ears. The client photos that I work from...
Starting A Portrait of a Havanese Named Thai
This little cutie is a Havanese named Thai. Thai's portrait is the result of a donation I made to the Stella Fund, which supports pet rescue. I typically donate two or three small paintings a year to auction off in order to help animals in some way. This is a very...
Finished Painting of a Cavalier
Jasper, A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, 8" x 8" Acrylic by Hope Lane This is the finished pet portrait of Jasper. It's small, just 8" x 8", but I think that was enough room to capture his sweet little face. The background color was chosen to match the color I used in...
Starting a Painting of Jasper
A few years ago, I was asked to paint a portrait of Jackson, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who had just passed away. Recently Jackson's humans contacted me again to paint a portrait of their new Cavalier pup, Jasper. It always makes me super happy when clients...
Finished Portrait of Three Havanese
Gigi, Elmo and Trubble, 24" x 18" Oil by Hope Lane After completing Elmo, I went on the add the other two dogs, black and white Gigi, and little Trubble. I had to combine two photos for Gigi in order to show her white and black top knot. I particularly enjoyed...
Elmo, The First Little Havanese
I started painting the portrait from the middle out. So the first little Havanese I worked on was Elmo, the mainly black pup with some white and gray in his fur. I'm working in oil for this painting and usually this means the overall effect is a bit softer than my...