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PET PORTRAITS

Artwork by Nicholas Beall & Melanie Phillips

Pet & People Portraits by Melanie & Nick

My name is Melanie and I work along side my husband Nick in our rural Welsh cottage in the UK. We are accomplished Pet Portrait Artists with over 16 years experience in painting pet portraits.

We paint all animals including dogs, cats, horses, rabbits, along with people and their pets, full time for clients worldwide.

We provide the full package.....
We specialize in highly detailed, traditionally hand painted pet and people portraits in Oils and Pencil. I
f you are looking to commission an oil painting or a pencil drawing for yourself, friends or family, we can provide you with everything you need. If you would like us to arrange the whole package, from the initial concept right through to framing your pet or people portrait, we can do this for you.

Send us your favourite photo and we will create you a unique, one of a kind portrait, framed if you wish, to your specification, we can even provide prints of your portraits too. All delivered safely to your door.

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View Our Pet & People Portraits Galleries.....

Click on the image above to view our pet portraits galleries. Nick creates all of the portraits in oils and I, Melanie, creates all of the portraits in pencil. When you visit our galleries you will be able to view larger versions, reference photos, testimonials and some portraits even have photos of the portraits framed or photos with us either working on the portraits or holding the framed portrait.

".......We have had many years of experience painting and drawing portraits and you can be confident that we are able to provide you with a portrait and level of service both you and your pet deserve......" Melanie & Nick

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Pet & People Portraits Framing Service >>
The photo above depicts two of our portraits framed, one is an oil painting framed in Chocolate Wenge and the other is a pencil drawing framed in Charcoal Skane. We work with a wonderful framer called Jane, who produces the most exquisite frames, you wont be disappointed with her craftsmanship. We can also provide Inner Llinen Slips to go with our framed oil portraits, you can find more about Linen Slips here >> and we can also provide a bespoke engraving service so that you can comission a professionally enscribed plaque as seen in the photo above. Read more about our engraved plaques here >>

Take a look at our Pet & People Portraits Framing Section to view photos of some of our past commissions that Jane has framed for us,. We offer plenty of choice and if you need any help choosing a frame, don't hesitate to contact us at any time.

Portraits In Progress >>
Clients really enjoy watching their pet portraits develop on our portraits in progress blog which we update every week day.

All customers are able to watch their portrait develop on the portraits in progress blog and are excited at watching their pet come to life. Clients even comment on the blog and a recent comment from a lady who commissioned her 5 cats in oils wrote -

Dear Melanie & Nick, Just to let you know…..I cannot stop looking. I am meant to be checking out “housey things” but can I stop looking?…NO….I think, so far, perfection sums it up…Many thanks Louise. xx

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Our Art Studio in the heart of Wales >>
We have a lovely old welsh cottage and studio set in an idyllic rural scene. Clients are always welcome to visit along with their pets to be photogrpahed. The kettle is always on and I love baking, so there's usually some home made cake in the tin : ) Why not visit our studio page and see more photos of where we work >>
Happy Client Portraits Testimonials >>
Over the last 16 years we have received some wonderful letters and photos of thanks from our clients for their portraits and quite often cleints travel many miles to collect their portrait in person. You can view a few of them on our testimonials page. The photo above is of Nick and Mike Gould who commissioned Nick to paint a portrait of their greyhound Express Shuttle and an email from Mike is below too.

Hi Melanie and Nick,
I can honestly say that since we started the "SHUTTLE" project it has been such a lovely process. We have never had a painting commissioned before and didn't know what to expect, let me say its been such a great experience!  I have especially liked following the stages on your blog and Facebook.  

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You have been so helpful for absolutely every stage!The final picture has left us speechless and we now just cant wait to collect it and show it off. Thank you both so much, I hope one day we are lucky enough to own another great dog like SHUTTLE and work with you again!
Love and best wishes, Michael and Rachel Gould
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Pet Portrait Gift Vouchers >>
If you are late for a birthday or anniversary, or you have a special occasion coming up and you are unable to arrange everything in time for the special day, we provide a variety of gift voucher packs for you to give to the recipient. If you have photos, we can create a mockup and enclose it with the pack so that they can visualize how their portrait will look Vouchers can be purchased for any amount and we can either post our voucher packs or email everything to print immediately. We can also set up gift voucher webpages, which are unique personalised webpages to show the recipient on their special day. Visit our Pet Portraits Gift Vouchers page for more information>>

Family Portraits with their Pets and Landscapes >>
Nicks background, as well as painting animals and wildlife, was painting people and landscapes. Nick started his early career painting watercolour landscapes for tourist shops in Cornwall and followed this by drawing people and children portraits for commission along with figurative book illustration. Nick's many years of experience in these fields enables him to combine his knowledge of painting people and landscapes with family portraits of your and your pet in any setting. Visit his family portraits gallery to view some of his passed commissions in both oils and pencils and don't hesitate to contact us today with your ideas for your own unique portrait. Family Portraits >>

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Pet Portrait Online & Telephone Ordering >>Pay a deposit to secure your place in our pet portraits client waiting list.We offer a full secure online and telephone ordering system accepting all major credit and debit cards along with Paypal too. Order online or call us at any time on 07855 582109 with your requirements.

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