Pet Portraits you will love

Welcome to my Pastel Pet Portraits website. I’m a UK based animal portrait artist with over 30 years experience. We adore our pets and my lifelike custom pet portraits make the perfect gift to remember a special friend. The hand painted dog portraits, cat portraits and horse portraits that clients commission me to paint are available in a range of sizes. It would be my privilege to capture your pet’s personality.

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Pet Painting on wall — A pet portrait is a beautiful way to remember a faithful friend

Capturing Your Pet’s Personality

Animal Artwork By Lorraine Gray

I’m Lorraine Gray and I have been a professional animal portrait artist for over 30 years. I have been delighting clients worldwide with my pet portraits of their beloved cats, dogs and horses from theIr photos.

Many of my commissioned pet portraits are from people who want a lifelike portrait to remember a recently passed, loved pet. With a good photo to work from and by talking to my client about their pet’s personality I aim to bring their furry friend to life in a beautiful pet portrait. Having a painting of the pets we have loved can be very comforting when they have gone.

I’m the author of three books on how to paint pet portraits in oils. I also appeared on BBC1 in 2007 at Battersea Dogs Home to paint one of their rescue dogs.

The Ideal Birthday Or Christmas Gift

Why Pet Paintings Make The Perfect Gift

I get lots of commissions from people wanting to give pet portraits as a gift. Pet paintings are great gifts, especially as Christmas gifts, birthday gifts or as a Valentines Day surprise. I’ve even written a recent blog post about why pet portraits make a great gift idea. If you want to commission a custom pet portrait as a gift please book early. For those times where the decision is last minute you can always buy a gift certificate so that the owner can decide on the pose at a later date. Details of my gift cards can be found on my prices page.

My testimonials show that you can be confident that I will provide you with a animal portrait that is lifelike and will bring you many years of cherished memories of your pet or pets.

Pet Portraits Make A Wonerful Gift — Pet Portraits Make A Wonderful Gift

Gallery

The following are just a small selection of my pet portraits. Click any of the pet portraits to display a larger version. Please visit the individual dog portraits, cat portraits and horse portraits pages for a wider selection. I post even more examples of my pet portraits on my Facebook and Instagram accounts.

Custom Pet Portraits From Your Photos

Dog Portraits

Beautiful & lifelike dog portraits from photos in pastels. As with all my pet portraits I can supply framed or unframed.

Dog Portraits

Cat Portraits

Let me capture your cat’s personality forever with one of my commissioned cat portraits. Pet portraits make the ideal gift.

Cat Portraits

Horse Portraits

Pet portraits of horses from a photo. My horse portraits are available in pastel and can be supplied framed or unframed.

Horse Portraits

Reviews

My pet portraits are 5 star rated on Google. The following are just a small selection of the reviews we have received across various platforms.

We were absolutely delighted with our portrait of Nala, our daughter’s dog. We couldn’t get over how life like it really looked, amazing! It is a beautiful portrait and made a wonderful 30th birthday present.
Thank you so much Lorraine.

Nigel Ayles

Dog Portrait

Lorraine was recommended to me by a friend. I was looking for a local artist to commission a very special pet portrait for a friend who has recently lost her beloved dog. It was a big ask trusting someone else with a portrait of a pet that’s not your own! Lorraine could not have been more helpful or sympathetic. She ensured the whole process was quick and easy for me to manage remotely. Her regular updates were reassuring and WOW when we saw the final portrait… it was just amazing!! Lorraine handled everything including the framing. She truly deserves her 5 stars!! Highly recommend.

Emma Seddon

Dog Portrait

From start to finish Lorraine has been exemplary. Having found her from Google reviews myself I’m thrilled to add to the list of 5 stars. Thank you so much for creating such a wonderful drawing of Moose our German Short Haired Pointer, we couldn’t have hoped for a better portrait, the resemblance is truly astonishing! We look forward to adding to your workload with another commission soon!

Lucy Cooper

German Short Haired Pointer Portrait

I commissioned this portrait as a birthday gift for my mother. I was amazed at the likeness Lorraine captured and beautiful detail. My mother was so pleased with the gift she cried, I will definitely be purchasing more portraits in the future!

Chloe Bowman

Pet Portrait

My pastel portrait of our family dog is even better than I could have imagined and will make a wonderful gift for my parents. I couldn’t be happier.

Short Boon

Dog Portrait

Had a pastel done of my horse it is amazing I have always wanted one done and I am so glad I did.

Naomi Clarke

Horse Portrait

Lorraine did the most amazing coloured portrait of my darling departed, 20 year old cat, Samson. It was incredibly lifelike and fully captured his essence; with a tear, looking at his portrait, I welcomed my boy home. The whole process was professionally handled by Lorraine; she was approachable and sensitive at every stage and fully understood how important the portrait was to me. I thoroughly recommend Lorraine to anyone who wants a pet portrait. She deserves more than five stars.

Miriam K

Cat Portrait

Lorraine is the best artist we have ever dealt with. She has done 4 portraits of pets we and my partners daughter have lost. The likeness in the portraits is outstanding which to us we could just put our hands in a stroke our beloved pets. We will continue to use Lorraine for many years to come.

Stuart

Pet Portraits

I ordered a portrait of our little dog Mouse from Lorraine as a gift for my wife. From the outset communication has been second to none. Our portrait arrived today, beautifully and securely packaged. It is just her, Mouse, which I think is the highest compliment I can pay. Lorraine’s talent for capturing the personality of our much loved pet is incredible. Both my wife and I are absolutely delighted. Highly recommended. Thank you Lorraine

Andrew Newton

Pet Portrait

I am over the moon with the portrait that Lorraine recently completed for me. She captured my Springer’s personality perfectly and her work is absolutely beautiful. Thank you!

Heulwen Thomas

Springer Spaniel Portrait

Lorraine’s artwork is outstanding and our portrait is stunning. We found Lorraine to be friendly, professional and responsive and the whole process was simple and straightforward. We will definitely turn to Lorraine again in the future, for another dog portrait.

Beverley Lawton

Pet Portrait

The amazing portraits of my dogs are a constant reminder of how much I love them!

Carol Connor

Pet Portraits

Absolutely stunning portraits. Could not be happier with the end result. Lorraine was a pleasure to deal with.

Michael Carroll

Pet Portraits

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is your waiting list?

My waiting list varies depending on time of year. I work on a first come first served basis. If you have a deadline in mind, let me know as soon as possible and I will be happy to help you. Please note, the nearer it gets to Christmas, the longer the waiting list gets, so book your pet portraits early to avoid leaving it too late!

If you are looking to buy an animal portrait as a gift, then consider buying one of my pet portraits gift certificates. The owner can then decide which pose they would like.

You do pet portraits in various sizes. What size will be best for my pet?

You can order pet paintings in any of the sizes I offer. For example I have done a horse portrait in the smallest size 10” x 12” and a cat portrait head study in my largest size 20” x 24”! The smallest size would be head study only.

If you are unsure which size you would like, send me an email with a photo of your pet or pets and I will gladly guide you to a suitable size (e.g. if you wanted it life-size).

I know you do pet portraits from photos but how many photos do you need to work from?

For my pet portraits I work from one photo. This photo of your dog, cat, horse or any other animal needs to be one that you love and say “this is typically her/him”. Other photos are helpful for colouring and for me to see character, but not necessary if you don’t have them. See my pet portraits photo advice page to help you with taking your photos of your pet or pets. If you are local to me, I can come and take your photos for you!

Why not commission me to paint a custom dog portrait, cat portrait or horse portrait?

We all love our pets dearly and so it’s only natural that we want to capture their personality in a painting. Pet portraits make a wonderful gift to someone special, or why not treat yourself?

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