Cat Montage Pet Portraits

Returning clients Kirstie and Gordon are some of our favourite clients. They have commissioned a number of portraits from us over the years of their cats and it is always lovely conversing with them up in Scotland. We love hearing about their cats and all of the adventures they both get up to, often being quite mischievous at times! This was a really wonderful commission and you can scroll down to see more photos of the portrait and read about the commission too.

The Cat Montage Portrait in Pencil

Here are a few photos taken just prior to the portrait being framed. I love to take photos of the drawing from different angles as it really helps to show the portrait in a more natural way. The drawing was an 18 x 14 portrait and you can see the pencils on the artwork giving the portrait some scale.

The Story Behind Archie & Roly’s Portrait

Gordon commissioned a montage pencil drawing of both Archie and Roly for Kirstie's birthday. He wanted to let Kirstie choose the photo and make all of the arrangements which was great. it enabled Kirstie to take lots of photos of the boys and work with me to come up with the perfect design.

Two photos really stood out, one of Archie sitting on a stone in their garden and one of Roly sunning himself in the garden 'Pod'. Kirstie also wanted a smaller study of Archie sniffing Roly's ear, which really bring an interaction and togetherness to both cats.

The portrait was drawn at 18 x 14 inches which was the perfect size for this kind of portrait, with both cats being full body.

Our local framer framed the portrait using our Madison Taupe frame, scroll down to read more about the frame and see Archie when Kirsite received the final photo via email.

Happy Clients...

"Great excitement today - it's just arrived! We wasted no time opening your superb packaging, and the portrait was hung within minutes.

Our gardener Mike, who is an artist himself, was blown away by your talent! The frame and mount could not be more perfect.

Thank you so much for this beautiful work of art. You and Nicholas have a rare gift indeed!"

- Kirstie

The Framed Cat Portrait

Kirstie asked if our local framer could frame the portrait. She definitely had a creative eye and helped come up with some lovely options of mount colours for Kirstie to choose from. Kirstie opted to have a sage mount which works beautifully not only with the frame and portrait, but Kirstie's home decor too. So it was the perfect combination all round!

The Portrait in Situ

Kirstie took a really lovely photo of the portrait as soon as it arrived. As you can see the frame matches beautifully with Kirstie's home decor. Don't forget to read the testimonial above too - wonderful! I am so pleased that both Kirstie and Gordon were delighted.

Archie Approves!

I always email my clients a final photo of the drawing to make sure that it doesn’t require any any tweaks made. Archie wanted to be in on all of the action and you can see a photo of him along with reading an email from Kirstie.

More Kind Words...

"What can I say? You are truly gifted! Your drawing needs no tweaking, and we love it. Of course, Archie had to come and inspect your handiwork, as you can see in the photo below!"