I have been a professional pet portrait artist since 2005. I live in the beautiful Peak District with my husband and our furry family. I work from your detailed photographs to produce a true likeness of your beloved pet. I use only the finest quality pastel pencils, pastels and paper. My portraits are all hand drawn and unique and take many hours to complete. Each portrait is as individual as the pet itself and I pride myself on being able to achieve an exacting likeness. A pet portrait is an ideal gift for any pet lover whether it's a memorial portrait, creating a lasting memory of a beloved companion, or a portrait that captures the character and spirit of your pet today. I have many returning customers who were so pleased with their original pet portraits that they have commissioned me to do others for them. I must be doing something right!!
FEATURES, ARTICLES AND AWARDS.
1995 Awarded highly commended at the SAA annual exhibition in London for my portrait 'Innocence'.
2005 Article in my local paper about the start up of my pet portrait business.
2008 Featured in issue 23 of K9 magazine. Featured in issue 1 of Pet Friendly magazine. Featured in the June issue of Dogs Today magazine along with seven other artists as part of their Pet Pawtrait artist of the year feature. The readers were able to vote for their favourite artist and I won. I am really pleased to be awarded this title.
2012 Two of my portraits, Keeps and Misty 2, were featured in a book of 'Cat Sayings' by Bradford G Wheler. The book is available to purchase from Amazon.
2024 One of my portraits 'Waiting for Dad' is included in the 'Creative minds book II' which is available to purchase from ArtWanted.com..
If you would like more information about commissioning a pet portrait, including, prices, sizes, lead times etc. please don't hesitate to contact me, which you can do by filling in the contact form on this website or via my Facebook page. www.facebook.com/JoPetPortraitArtist If you visit my Facebook page you can see that I have many albums which contain progress updates for many of my portraits and show how I create each one.
All work is Copyright Joanne Simpson.
