Chelsea - Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Pet portrait Painting

Cards, laminated, matted and framed prints of Chelsea can be purchased from my Redbubble shop:

Pet Portrait Commissions welcome.

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Bulldogs are a dog breed developed originally from Mastiffs that were also used in the cruel sports of bull and badger “baiting” which were popular in England for hundreds of years until they were finally made illegal in 1850.   Today’s Bulldogs are more heavily built and far less athletic than their ancestors, and they are generally placid, gentle and very affectionate companions who love children.

Bulldogs like Cromwell make devoted family pets, and although they can’t be exercised excessively, they can be quite lively and rambunctious and many of them have a good sense of humor!

If you are a Bulldog lover, this is your opportunity to own an original oil painting featuring this gorgeous breed!

“Cromwell” British Bulldog

5″ x 7″ Oil painting on

canvas board

$150.00AU incl shipping

(aprox $105.00 US – view Currency Converter)

10% of your investment in this artwork will be donated to K9 Rescue

Credit card Purchases can be made securely through Paypal even if you do not have a Paypal account.

Don’t forget to visit the “Helping Paws” exhibition and vote for your favorite dog painting – the People’s Choice winner will have a cash donation sent to the rescue or shelter that the artist is supporting, so its for a good cause!

Thanks for reading and looking at my new dog painting!  I’d love to know what you think of ‘Cromwell’ (he’s one of my favourite daily paintings so far:)

Michelle

http://michellewrighton.com

“Noble”

German Shepherd Dog

Charcoal Painting on drafting film

11″ x 14″

$350.00AU inc shipping

10% of your investment in this artwork will be donated to

the Animal Protection Society of WA.

German Shepherd Dog original Charcoal Painting by Michelle Wrighton

“Noble” will be available for sale in late October/November as I have entered him in a couple of local art competitions.

All of the artwork in the CAG Helping Paws Exhibition is for sale with part proceeds going to rescue groups and shelters selected by the artists around the world.

To view the work of many talented canine artists, please visit the ‘Helping Paws’ Exhibition after October 1 (US time), and while you are there, vote for your favourite painting – the rescue group chosen by the artist who wins the People’s Choice award will receive a cash donation from the Canine Art Guild (as well as the artists’s donation pledge when the art sells).

If you have a German Shepherd Dog that you would like to see painted (obligation free) to help dog rescue please send me a photo or two and a brief description of your noble friend.

I will post the third and final entry to the Helping Paws exhibition on opening day, so look out for that one!

Thanks for looking:)

Michelle

“Angel in Blue”

American Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Traditional oil painting by

Michelle Wrighton

16″ x 16″ Gallery wrapped canvas

2008

$750.00 plus shipping

(This painting is entered in a competition and will be available for shipping in early November).

10% of your investment in this artwork will be donated to

Animal Protection Society

"Angel in Blue" American Staffordshire Terrier dog oil painting by Michelle Wrighton

All of the artwork in the CAG Helping Paws Exhibition is for sale with part proceeds going to rescue groups and shelters selected by the artists around the world.

To view the work of many talented canine artists, please visit the ‘Helping Paws’ Exhibition and while you are there, vote for your favourite painting – the rescue group chosen by the artist who wins the People’s Choice award will receive a cash donation from the Canine Art Guild (as well as the artists’s donation pledge when the art sells).

Greyhound

Original acrylic painting

by

Michelle Wrighton

8″x10″ on 1.8cm deep gallery wrapped canvas

$135.00 (includes shipping)

10% of your investment in this artwork will be donated to K9 Rescue

"Royalty" original Greyhound dog painting by Michelle Wrighton

This is a small acrylic painting of Gilley, a rescue Greyhound dog from the UK. Greyhounds have the most beautiful, big, liquid, expressive eyes that are an absolute joy to paint. As a breed, Greyhounds have such a regal bearing that the deep purple background seemed appropriate for Gilley’s painting

These smaller paintings are very enjoyable to do, although this one is still quite detailed, I am really trying to loosen up and capture the essence of the animal without being totally pre-occupied with capturing every last detail!

The painting is continued on all four edges and is ready to hang.  “Royalty” is available on merchandise and prints, but this is the first time this original painting from my personal collection has been offered for sale.

*The copyright watermark is a digital addition to the image below and is not on the original painting.

11″ x 14″

Artists Colour Pencil on Drafting film

by

Michelle Wrighton

"Grey Ghost" Weimaraner portrait by Michelle Wrighton

This colour pencil painting received an Honourable Mention at the 2007 Kelmscott Show, which was quite an honour considering that it was the only non-human artwork in its category!

LOL, I tend to walk to the beat of my own drum and don’t always follow tradition (self taught artist and all that;) I consider much of the art that I produce as ‘portraits’, the fact that they are non-human is not really relevant in my humble opinion, so I went ahead and entered this one in the ‘Portraits’ category (the rules didn’t stipulate which species the portraits had to be of, so I thought it was a reasonable option).  LOL the judge either agreed with me, or was also a dog lover as well.  I did win a couple of first prizes in other categories with other animal art I had entered, but the ‘Highly Commended – Portraits’ award for this one was pretty sweet;)

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About the Dog Paintings Project

My Art Portfolio

Black Labrador in Acrylics

16″ x 20″

Gallery Wrapped Canvas

2007

Artist’s Collection

"Poppy" Black Labrador art painting by Michelle Wrighton, 2007

Merchandise including gift cards and art prints featruing “Poppy” can be purchased at Redbubble, Cafepress and Imagekind.

Bullmastiff portrait

11″ x 14″ colour pencil, 2005

Artist’s Collection

"Waiting" award winning Bullmastiff dog art by Michelle Wrighton, 2005.

Who can resist this look? This painting of a Bullmastiff dog waiting patiently for his master to return was created in artist colour pencils and took well over 55 hours to complete.

This dog painting was awarded First Prize in the Painting & Drawings: Animals class at the 2005 Kelmscott Show.

Prints and merchandise featuring this artwork are available for sale throug Redbubble, Cafepress and Imagekind.

Hi!  My name is Michelle Wrighton, I am an award winning Western Australian artist specializing in Canine Fine Art.  I have undertaken pet portrait commissions for a number of years, and my online portfolio of commissioned pet portraits and wildlife artwork and photography can be viewed at http://michellewrighton.com.

I am a fairly versatile artist and prefer to work in a number of mediums including graphite, charcoal, artist colour pencils, soft pastels, acrylic and oils.  I love animals, and enjoy portraying their personality and character in my art – but dogs are my favourite subjects to portray, their uniqueness, expressiveness and personality truly make them man (and woman’s) best friend!  I have three dog’s of my own and would have more if I could:)

My commissioned artwork is created in a highly detailed and very realistic (almost photographic) style, and to achieve this level of detail, each piece of my artwork takes from 10 to 60+ hours to complete, depending on the size, medium and detail involved.

The Dog Paintings blog is a project that I have planned for several years to allow me to further my development as an artist by creating a series of smaller format and less time intensive dog paintings to experiment and explore artistic styles other than photo-realism and have a little bit of fun!

Yes, us artists can be a bit weird;)  Many of us take a ‘relaxing break’ from our regular (paid) art by creating more art in our free time just for ‘fun’.  I love dogs of all shapes, sizes, breeds and cross-breeds, so my subject matter will remain the same, I’ll just be working more expressively in the project work rather than in my normal tightly detailed style.

I could simply create these paintings and store them in a box in my studio, but as a piece of my heart and soul go into every piece of art that I create, I would much rather they go to good homes where they will be enjoyed and appreciated!  Therefore I will offer them for sale to dog lovers and art collectors at affordable prices with a percentage of each sale being donated to a dog rescue group to help dogs in need.

I welcome submission of dog photos for reference, however the paintings in this project are not intended to be dog portrait commissions as such.  I personally (as an artist, mother and wife) need this project to be fun, enjoyable, stress and pressure free which means no time deadlines:)

I will set up an email newsletter to advise the next few dogs that I am planning to paint, so if you submit a photo of your dog, this will give you an indication of when your dogs’ painting will be ready to view – there is no obligation for you to purchase the finished painting so please don’t be afraid to send me your favourite photos!

Michelle