Art by Simon Bland

Archive of Paintings: dogs

Welcome to the archives of selected paintings showing how my style and technique has developed over the years. Newest works are shown first.

Landscapes Animals Dogs Horses People

Maddie M

An oil portrait of a King Charles spaniel. Done from the customer's own photos.

Izzy

A portrait of Izzy, an English springer spaniel.

Sweetie

An abstract painting of our dog Sweetie in yellows, reds and greens.

Tate

A portrait of a French Bulldog. This was painted as a gift donation to a Seattle Children's Hospital annual fundraiser.

Hershey and Cinnamon

A pastel painting of two shelties done from the customer's own photographs.

Louis

A formal portrait of Louis, a French bulldog puppy.

Nala

A pet portrait of Nala, an adopted pit bull. As this was a surprise gift, I had to use some fairly stinky photos. I managed to piece them together just enough to get the job done!

Ollie

A sketch portrait of Ollie. To get him to pose like this we had him sit in his owner's lap. The interior light was perfect.

Red

A formal portrait of a long haired Dachshund called Red. This was painted using the Ned Jacob palette and was based on the customer's own photographs.

Tater and Madeleine

A portrait of Tater and Madeleine.

Tootsie

A formal portrait of Tootsie. After starting it over a couple of times, the portrait turned out just right.

Oban

A sketch portrait of Oban.

Chester

A commissioned portrait of Chester. This was presented to his owner as a gift from her friends.

Molly

A sketch portrait of Molly which was done posthumously from the customer's own photographs.

Buddy

A portrait sketch of Buddy. This was painted with a fairly limited palette from the customer's own photos.

Cheyenne

A portrait sketch of Cheyenne, done from the customer's own photos.

Elvis!

A portrait of Elvis done from the customer's own photos.

Jackson

This formal portrait of Jackson was done from the customer's own photographs. Even though we did a photo shoot with him, the customer was better able to capture the expression she wanted.