Pastel 16 x 13 inches
I painted this portrait of this very distinguished, regal lady last week in the middle of completing the final few Oils for my Devon exhibition. Normally, painting commissions during exhibition work is impossible, but when I visited Maisie in her home, I was blown away by seeing my paintings on virtually every wall in every room! It was like an entire Peter Barker Retrospective exhibition in one house! I was so humbled that her owners were such avid fans and collectors of some 40-45 of my efforts over the years, that I just had to fit Maisie in to my schedule somehow for her master's 50th birthday.
Her mistress kindly granted permission for her inclusion on my Blog, saying that Maisie is a real tart and craves attention and would love to 'go viral', so here she is, launched on to the internet!
Fantastic Peter, what a good looking dog. So, you not only excel at landscapes you do dogs as well.....it's not fair you know! ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Bev....sorry! I don't do many dogs these days, but I used to do loads in the early days. It makes a nice change from my default landscape subjects.
DeleteWhat a cracker of a painting Peter.
ReplyDeleteYou have captured much tenderness and love in her face.
I am sure the owners are overjoyed with the masterpiece.
All the best
Thanks Trevor - much appreciated! Yes, her owners were very pleased, but Maisie seemed more enamoured with the frame which contained a lot of animal skin glue size on it in the gesso - she licked it repeatedly! Where are those oils on your Blog - no sign of them yet?!!!!
DeleteOh Peter, what a joy. You must be so pleased as are her owners. Ve
ReplyDeleteThank you Ve! Maisie did seem to go down well and she approved of herself, too!
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