This portrait was a surprise gift from Maura Reilly to Diane and Michael Schurman. On Facebook Diane wrote:
“You’ve made Michael and I so happy with this absolutely stunning portrait Kevin. These peeks behind the scenes are fascinating. Thank you for everything! And a HUGE thanks to the wonderful Maura Reilly of Gatehouse Dobermans for this completely unexpected and gratefully appreciated gift! You are very special people!”
Colored pencil on "Anise" Canson paper, 9.5 x 14.5 inches
COOPER
is Canadian Champion Gatehouse Black Friday.
🐕 Bred by Maura Reilly and Stephan Olschewski - Gatehouse Dobermans.
❤️ If you missed the story of this special Doberman, read it HERE.
ABOUT THE ART
Cooper's portrait is a “Full Body” portrait, one of my 5 portrait types. Often a Full Body portrait like this is done on a plain single-color background. One of my options is to add a “simple background scene” which is a brief suggestion of a scene, rather than “Fully Detailed Background”, another of my portrait types. For some portraits, all it needs is a sketchy suggestion to place the subject in a scene. Anything more than that would take away from the impact of the subject. Cooper’s portrait is one of those.
🎨 See my 5 portrait types HERE.
