Pet portraits, hand-painted from your photo.
Your dog or cat, painted properly. The most-requested commission we take: real oil, real canvas, and a likeness good enough that people ask where you had it done.
£220$299€259CA$409A$409NZ$509CHF 239SEK 2,849NOK 2,749DKK 1,899PLN 1,109— the smallest canvas, unframed, with delivery included worldwide. Up to £549$739€639CA$1,029A$1,029NZ$1,279CHF 599SEK 7,149NOK 6,899DKK 4,799PLN 2,759 for the largest, plus from £35$49€39CA$69A$69NZ$79CHF 39SEK 449NOK 449DKK 299PLN 179 per extra subject, depending on the canvas.
Animals are harder to paint than people, which is exactly why we do so many of them. Fur has direction, eyes have a specific wetness, and a nose that is a millimetre wrong turns your dog into somebody else's dog. Our painters work slowly on the head and quickly on everything else, which is why the faces come back right.
You can have the portrait straight — your dog on a plain ground, the way a nineteenth-century sporting artist would have painted it — or in a setting that means something: their spot on the sofa, the beach they love, a background taken from a different photograph. It costs the same either way; only the canvas size and the number of animals change the price.
One pet on a 16 × 20" canvas is £275$369€319CA$509A$519NZ$639CHF 299SEK 3,599NOK 3,449DKK 2,399PLN 1,379, delivery included, and a second animal is another £35$49€39CA$69A$69NZ$79CHF 39SEK 449NOK 449DKK 299PLN 179 at that size. Two pets who never sat still long enough to be photographed together are painted from two photographs, side by side as if they had. Prices for every size, and how they compare with other pet portrait options in the UK, are in our pet portrait prices guide.
Dogs have a page of their own — coat by coat, what to send, two dogs from two photographs, and every real dog painting we can show: dog portraits →
What makes a good pet photo
- Get down to their eye level. A photo shot from standing height flattens the face.
- Daylight, indoors, near a window. Flash kills the depth in dark fur.
- Eyes sharp and open. Everything else — a blurred body, a bad background — we can fix.
The plain facts
- Painted by hand in real oil on canvas by professional portrait artists, with fine brushes in a smooth realist technique. Not printed, not a canvas transfer, not generated.
- Six canvas sizes, from 12 × 16″ at £220$299€259CA$409A$409NZ$509CHF 239SEK 2,849NOK 2,749DKK 1,899PLN 1,109 to 36 × 48″ at £549$739€639CA$1,029A$1,029NZ$1,279CHF 599SEK 7,149NOK 6,899DKK 4,799PLN 2,759. One person or pet is included in every price; each extra is from £35$49€39CA$69A$69NZ$79CHF 39SEK 449NOK 449DKK 299PLN 179, depending on the canvas.
- About three to four weeks to paint, plus delivery. Delivered worldwide, and delivery is included in the price; any import duty charged by the destination country is the buyer's.
- Once you order, a person checks your photograph within hours, 9am to 5pm Monday to Saturday (UK time). If it won't make a good painting, you can send another or have a full refund.
- You get a photograph of your actual canvas before it ships, and nothing ships until you've approved it. If something is wrong, it goes back to the painter.
- Arrives unframed, rolled in a tube, ready for any framer near you to stretch and frame.
Everything costs what it says here
Hand-painted oil on canvas, unframed, delivery included worldwide. One subject is included in every price; each extra person or pet is from £35$49€39CA$69A$69NZ$79CHF 39SEK 449NOK 449DKK 299PLN 179, depending on the canvas, shown in the column on the right of the table.
| Canvas | Price | Extra subject |
|---|---|---|
| 12 × 16" | £220$299€259CA$409A$409NZ$509CHF 239SEK 2,849NOK 2,749DKK 1,899PLN 1,109 | £35$49€39CA$69A$69NZ$79CHF 39SEK 449NOK 449DKK 299PLN 179 |
| 16 × 20" | £275$369€319CA$509A$519NZ$639CHF 299SEK 3,599NOK 3,449DKK 2,399PLN 1,379 | £35$49€39CA$69A$69NZ$79CHF 39SEK 449NOK 449DKK 299PLN 179 |
| 20 × 24" | £330$449€389CA$619A$619NZ$769CHF 359SEK 4,299NOK 4,149DKK 2,849PLN 1,659 | £35$49€39CA$69A$69NZ$79CHF 39SEK 449NOK 449DKK 299PLN 179 |
| 24 × 36" | £449$609€519CA$839A$849NZ$1,039CHF 489SEK 5,849NOK 5,649DKK 3,899PLN 2,259 | £55$79€69CA$99A$99NZ$129CHF 59SEK 699NOK 699DKK 499PLN 279 |
| 30 × 40" | £489$659€569CA$909A$919NZ$1,139CHF 539SEK 6,399NOK 6,149DKK 4,249PLN 2,459 | £69$89€79CA$129A$129NZ$159CHF 79SEK 899NOK 849DKK 599PLN 349 |
| 36 × 48" | £549$739€639CA$1,029A$1,029NZ$1,279CHF 599SEK 7,149NOK 6,899DKK 4,799PLN 2,759 | £79$109€89CA$149A$149NZ$179CHF 89SEK 1,049NOK 999DKK 699PLN 399 |
Delivery is included in every price above, wherever in the world you are, and changes to the photograph — a new background, something left out — do not change what it costs.
Starting from an old photo?
If it's torn, creased or faded, we can restore it first, free, and you'll see the preview before deciding anything. The painting can then be made from the restored version.
Restore my photo freeSend us the photograph.
Attach the photo, pick a size and pay securely. We check the photo within hours, 9am to 5pm Monday to Saturday (UK time), and if it won't make a good painting you get a full refund.
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Questions, answered.
How much is a pet portrait?
A single pet starts at £220$299€259CA$409A$409NZ$509CHF 239SEK 2,849NOK 2,749DKK 1,899PLN 1,109 on a 12 × 16″ canvas, with worldwide delivery included. Each extra animal is from £35$49€39CA$69A$69NZ$79CHF 39SEK 449NOK 449DKK 299PLN 179, rising with the canvas size.
Can you paint two pets from separate photos?
Yes. Send a clear photograph of each and say how you want them arranged; the painter composes them into one picture. It is the usual way two-pet portraits are done.
Can you paint a pet that has died?
Yes, and many of the pet portraits we paint are memorials. Send the best photograph you have, even an old or imperfect one; a person checks it within hours, 9am to 5pm Monday to Saturday (UK time), and tells you honestly whether it will paint.
Is it painted or printed?
Painted by hand in oil on canvas, with fine brushes in a smooth realist technique. Before it ships you get a photograph of your actual canvas to approve.
How long does a pet portrait take?
About three to four weeks to paint, plus delivery. It arrives unframed, rolled in a tube, ready for a framer.
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