Commission an original work of art

​I am often asked to create a composition in paint or pencil to capture a special moment or memory, depicting people, places, children or animals. Usually, these paintings are commissioned by the subject's family or friends. Meeting and getting to know the subjects as I collect images and photographs for the work gives me a great feeling and special insight into the lives of the people involved. I love creating informal portraits of people and animals, in relaxed mode or working, but doing something that they are enjoying! I have to observe, carefully and sensitively to understand the personality of my subjects, human and animal, so that their characteristics come through in my work.
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I use watercolour for most of my paintings, working with the highest quality pigments and acid free archival papers to ensure longevity of the work. I also work with pencil, pastels and oil.

If you are interested in a commission, please contact me to discuss details.

"What a wonderful painting you have painted of me shooting, it is such an amazing Christmas present. It’s not that I believe that I am a good looking model, anything but, but it is the detail you have painted, of my gun, my old coat and the bale and according to Margo and the kids very much of me. I think it is brilliant, it means so much because for ever more when I look at it I will be reminded of that afternoon, I am sure that I could take you to the field and point out the exact spot where we were both standing. A painting adds so much more to your memory than a photo and its value to me as a reminder of that day is imprinted in my memory forever."
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​JOHN GITTINS