18 Saturday Apr 2015
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custom dog art, custom dog paintings, custom dog portraits, custom pet portraits, customized dog paintings, dog, dog art, dog paintings, dog prints, dogs, pets, terriers, yorkie, yorkieshire terrier
“Colorful Yorkie Dog Art”
Mixed Media Collage Painting
Sharon Cummings
2015
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I am currently accepting commissions on custom portraits for dogs, cats and other pets.
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23 Friday Jan 2015
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custom dog art, custom dog portraits, customized dog paintings, dog, dog art, dog paintings, dog portraits, dogs, golden, golden retriever, golden retriever art, golden retriever dog, retrievers
“Golden Retriever Half Face”
Mixed Media Dog Photo Painting
Sharon Cummings
2015
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This isn’t exactly a “new” piece. I created a full Golden Retriever quite a few years ago, but my half faced black lab drew a collector in. She wanted the Labrador Retriever as is to represent one of her dogs. But she also wanted a Golden to represent the other dog. So I cut the old image in half. It sounds easy, but it wasn’t a simple process as there was a lot of tweaking involved and she wanted the fur coloring to be more like her pup. An hour and a half later the half face was born. In the end, she was delighted and bought two prints! Sometimes less is more…
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29 Saturday Nov 2014
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cool dogs, custom art, custom do portraits, customized dog paintings, cute dogs, dog, dog art, dog paintings, dog pop art, dog portrait paintings, dog portraits, dogs, great danes, pop art
“Colorful Great Dane”
Mixed Media Painting/Collage
Sharon Cummings
2014
People ask me regularly for custom work, so I thought I would post a little blog explaining the process. I do accept commissions as pet portraits (dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, donkeys, goats, you name it!), but it has to be a piece that I WANT to create first and foremost. After desire, I also need good clear photos to work from. Small grainy cell phone shots just will not work. And I need to see the EYES really well. There should be light and life in them.
Once a clients sends me a handful of clear head shots of their beloved pet, I decide if any of the images will work. If so, then I charge a creative fee to work on the piece. For instance, the one pictured above would cost 40.00 for me to create. I accept PayPal and credit cards over the phone for this fee. After I have finished the work, I then list it to one or more of my POD (Print On Demand) sites and the customer is free to purchase prints in whatever size/mount they like. This is a separate purchase from the custom fee. You can get my prints on paper, canvas, metal and acrylic. They can also purchase the artwork on various merchandise such as t-shirts, coffee mugs, tote bags, etc.
Kiyah the Great Dane was a lovely subject to work with. When my collector Laura in Texas asked me to create this piece, I was delighted! I have had the opportunity to be caretaker to 6 Great Dane dogs in this lifetime. So it was my pleasure. 🙂
Abstract Art by Sharon Cummings 