Horse Portraits Commission Information
Portrait: 'Pablo VI' with Plain Background.
Size & Medium: 22 x 16 Oils on Cotton Canvas.
Commissioned from: UK.
Gordon contacted us to organise a surprise gift for his wife Gemma in 2007. Gordon emailed us a very sad story, but ultimately happy ending about Pablo which you can read below. Pablo was painted on a 12 x 10 canvas in oils and will be treasured for a very long time. I hope you enjoy this page of information and if you would like to commission us to paint your pet don't hesitate to email us at any time.
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Hi Nick,
I just it would be nice if you knew a little about Pablo, before painting him. Gemma has been riding since the age of two and has always had horses, I on the other hand am a city boy who never had a set of wellies until I met the wife... Pablo came to Gemma's farm just under two years now and came from a horse dealer that couldn't get rid of him and had taken Pablo back six times. It was quite clear that Pablo was very nervous and didn't trust anyone. You could tell that he had been miss treated to the extent that it was a problem just getting on to him. It took Gemma a long time to settle him down and gain his confidence.
Pablo is fine now and loves his home and sometimes I worry that Gemma prefers spending time with the horse than me! Pablo is a very proud horse and once did hunting, his ears perk up at the sound of guns and dogs and standing over 18 hands he is a big horse. Gemma is a show jumper and has reached a very good standard, even though she only jumps part time. During the year she has been placed in nearly every outing including big shows such as The East of England Show. Pablo loves jumping and the two have bonded very well, Gemma is jumping 120 to 130's on Pablo now and is often pipped by some of the best in the country. Gemma has a lot of confidence in Pablo, her goal is to reach the Horse of the Year show next year. I thought it would be nice to know a little of Pablo's background and future. I hope this helps and you would be more than welcome to come and visit Pablo in the new year.
Gordon |
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The Horse Portrait in Progress
We try to make sure we take a number of photos of the portrait during the day and display them on our portraits in progress blog for our clients to see. We have daylight easel lamps which allow us to see the painting in pure natural light, and sometimes this lighting effect the photos that we take. This can account for colour differences between each stage and the final scan below.
The Oil Painting with Detail
We scan the majority of our artwork here in the studio, we have an epson scanner, or for the very large paintings we take photographs of the artwork using a Sony DSLR camera, a tripod and two diffused photography lights. Our scans and photographs are always perfect quality if clients require giclee prints of their hand painted portrait for friends or family.
Client Horse Portraits Reference Photos
Our clients email a range of photographs for us to work with, we use one for the main pose of the portrait and others for detail, backgrounds etc The photographs depicted below may vary in colour to the finished painting above. This can be due to the scanned oil painting being slightly different to the original or often clients give us more than one photo to work from i.e. one for the pose and another for colouring.
Client Comments and Feedback
We are always thrilled to read our clients emails, we are in touch with clients via email and sometimes via telephone, skype and texts throughout the entire process. Clients also leave us messages on our portraits in progress blog when they are watching their portrait in progress and also comment on our facebook page too. We try to add snippets of their emails here for you to read, plus you can see more photos of happy clients with the portraits in our client feedback section and on our main pet portraits website feedback section too.
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Hi Nick,
I'm really impressed with the final scan, many thanks for all of your hard work, I look forward to speaking to you again soon.
Best Regards
Gordon |
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