I am originally from Massachusetts and grew up in a beautiful town 30 miles north of Boston, now living in North Port, Florida. My interest in the arts started at a very young age, by the time I was 13 and a freshman at Billerica Memorial High School I decided that being an artist was to be my career of choice. I had some wonderful mentors in High School who have always encouraged my creative side and during my senior year I was voted most artistic in for my class yearbook and I have been Illustrating portraits of various subjects for well over 20 years.

I attended the Art Institute of Boston in 1984 through 1986. I studied Illustration with a minor in Graphic Design, hoping to become a successful Magazine Illustrator but with only attending school for fewer then two years as a young adult, a majority of my skills as an artist has been self taught whether it be working with color and graphite pencils, to using design programs such as Corel Draw and Adobe products. This in turn took me down the road of printing and mechanical drawing for a while. I worked at various printing companies from 1984 to 1997 and my path as an artist seemed to change to graphic design, that has never stopped my passion to draw and illustrate the subjects that I loves to concentrate on most which are people, wildlife and pets.

In 1997 with the help of AOL I met and married the most wonderful man in the world. I moved to Gosport England in 1997 and lived there for eight fantastic years. I loved the vast amount of culture, arts, nature, and the fabulous countryside of Great Britian. Gosport is a great town with a tremendous amount of Naval history which I found very fascinating. I exhibited my art work for an exhibition about the new millenium and the concerns we as people may have for the future. Then in 2005 we began our new journey and life here in the US and have been enjoying the beauty of Florida living, culture, wildlife and fabulous scenery that only the Gulf Coast of Florida can give to you each and every day.

Today my passion for animals and nature has taken me to create color and graphite pencil drawings of some of my most favorite subjects. I will draw from the largest of wildlife creatures to the smallest of domestic pets. This has become my passion and interest of choice but I also still love to draw Portraits of people as well.

HOW THE FORMAL PORTRAITS ARE CREATED

Each portrait is created in either Graphite Pencils, Colored Pencils or Scratchboard from your original photo. The sharper the image, the easier it will be for me to get a true likeness of your pet, wildlife subject and of a person. I will also accept photos taken digitally and the files can be sent to me via email or by mail on a CD. All photos and disks will be returned to the owner with the finished portrait after receipt of final payment.

If you are a Florida resident and live within the Sarasota, Charlotte, Manatee and Lee County and do not have reference photos available and are still interested, I am more then happy to travel to you and take a series of photos of your subject or subjects that you would like drawn at no extra charge.

I also reserve the right to decline any order if the photos that are supplied are of a poor quality and unacceptable to reproduce a quality portrait.

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE

The average time to complete a large single portrait is 2 - 4 weeks from time of receiving the photos. Portraits with multiple poses or subjects may take slightly longer to produce. Small portraits will take less time to produce between 1 - 3 weeks.

To avoid disappointment please allow 4 - 8 weeks at peak times of the year such as Christmas, Valentines, Mother's Day, etc.

PORTRAIT PRICE LIST

Matting and Framing are not included in the prices listed below.

Size - Black and White - Colored Pencil - Scratchboard

8X10........$100.00.................$175.00.............$275.00

11X14......$175.00.................$300.00.............$450.00

12X16......$250.00.................$400.00.............$650.00

18X20......$400.00.................$650.00.............$900.00

ADDITIONAL POSES OR SUBJECTS FOR 11X14 and up to 18X20

Black & White.....................$35.00

Colored Pencil....................$50.00

Scratchboard......................$50.00

**Once the photos have been reviewed and are acceptable to work from, there will be a required 20% non-refundable deposit due prior to the start of the project.

Remaining balance will be due on completion of the drawing, once payment has been recieved the drawing will then be shipped to you.

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