Recent Pet Portraits Painted on Canvas

I'm one of those people who grew up with animals, so naturally they are an essential part of a happy life for me. Pets are little pleasures that grow with us. I started doing pet portraits a few years ago and it something I really enjoy. 

These are two recent ones that I painted with acrylics on canvas.

"Maulie" by Danielle Trudeau. 16"x20", acrylics on canvas. Commission.

This one here was done for a lovely local lady of her Staffordshire Terrier, Maulie, featuring a background that was inspired by vacation photos they sent me. 

"Kodi" by Danielle Trudeau. 11"x14", acrylics on canvas. Commission.

While I do love painting backgrounds (especially if it has significance to the client, such as a past vacation spot), I love focusing on their wonderful faces. This was a fun painting to do, with all that lovely long fur. 

Angle view of "Kodi".

Interested in owning your own customized pet portrait painted by yours truly? All of the information you would need is located on my website. 

http://danielletrudeaustudios.com/custompet/

Towards the bottom of the page there is a form that you can fill out in order to get a customized quote as well.

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Mind Wide Open - When Tigers Wear Galaxies

Its been far too long since I've posted here! I'd love to get in the habit of posting every week at least, let's see if I can manage!

"Mind Wide Open" by Danielle Trudeau. 16"x20", acrylics on canvas.

I adore tigers, they're easily one of my favorite critters to paint. In fact when this piece was still in progress, it was one of three tiger pieces that were in different phases. They're just so damn pretty.

Awhile back I saw some cool galaxy paintings that someone on Etsy did (I didn't bookmark the listing and now I can't find the artist), and was totally inspired to paint some galaxy art of my own! Naturally I have to include a critter in all of my work so I sketched a bit until I came up with this.

Since painting anything space-related is a very new topic for me, it was a trial-and-error process. Definitely. I repainted the area entirely 3 times, and even still I would like to repaint it again! It was a fun thing to paint, but its not without its difficulties. Originally I didn't want to use the splatter method to create the stars (something about not wanting paint flecks on the walls...), but my attempts ended up looking too...predictable? The stars were not as random and natural looking as I would have liked. So I gave the splatter method a shot and it worked! And I somewhat managed to control it so there was only minor clean up, haha!

An angle view of "Mind Wide Open"

I was afraid the orange and blue combination would clash far too much, but I think it actually worked out okay!

This piece is painted with acrylics on a canvas that measures 16" x 20" (approximately 3/4" thick).

This piece is looking for a new home! It is currently for sale in my Etsy shop here!

Etsy : https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/233916224/original-surreal-tiger-with-starfield?ref=shop_home_active_1

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