Your Pets on Your Walls, and in a few other places...

Just something a little fun and a little different as we wind down this year... thought you might like to see how others display their puci paintings.

Some Christmas Cuties

Oops, as I was busy painting many custom pet portraits in time for Christmas, this blog was neglected. Sorry about that. To get back in the groove, here's an image-collage of some of those Christmas cuties.

( these pets/paintings are featured in my Jan. 2014 newsletter: http://eepurl.com/eAVss )

Nush Knows Her Kitties

Pet-lover Nush had a vision. Well, really, Nush had 4 visions. She knows the personalities of each of her 4 kitties well, and wanted fun paintings to depict each feline, as tributes to their unique spirits.

So, Nush provided the ideas, settings and "props". I visually pieced it all together, then painted.

I'm so privileged to be working with each of you and to have the opportunity to get to know/paint your beloved pets. Thank you!
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Each of theses paintings are in my Etsy store within the "Custom Costume Craze" category: https://www.etsy.com/shop/puciPetPortraits?section_id=14129468

Tempie's Temper

Templeton (Tempie) is the cuddly and usually-mellow kitty who has been known to create chaos throughout the household when the temptation strikes.

TEMPIE'S TEMPER, 12x16" custom Oil Portrait Painting by puci

WildChild Sashi

You can take the kitty out of the jungle, but you can't always take the jungle out of the cat. So it is with Sashi, the once feral cat who can now cuddle on the cushy couch and catnap in peace.

WILDCHILD SASHI, 12x16" custom Oil Portrait Painting by puci

Mississippi State Bulldog ROSCOE, Favorite Player

Roscoe's family are rootin' for the Mississippi State Bulldogs, but Bulldog Roscoe is their biggest fan on & off the playing field.

BULLDOG ROSCOE
16x20" custom Pet Portrait Oil Painting by puci

Special Edition: "Custom" & "Custom-Added"

Ciao! This is the page meant to be an accompaniment to help explain the painting prices.
~ Questions? Let's chat: puci@puciart.com
~ The actual price list is at the bottom of this post.

(Also, please keep-in-mind that I rely heavily on your photos as my guides while painting. The best photos are taken with a steady hand using a camera of at least 7 mega pixels without flash.)

As they say, "A picture is worth a thousand words"; here are some visual samples:
8x8": custom only with pet close-in

8x8" Custom only: pet will be close-in

8x10": custom only with pet close-in

8x10" Custom only: pet will be close-in,

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"Custom" and "Custom-Added":
(each "custom-added" feature is an additional 10% of the painting price) 

• "Examples of added features

• "Custom-Added" is "Custom" plus 1 or more additional feature, such as:

  ~ a specific but simple background

  ~ a couple of toys

  ~ the pet's name on a tag

  ~ elaborate jewelry

  ~ special pillow or blanket

  ~ fill-in for a necessary & significant body-part not shown in your photos

  ~ any other "prop"

(a complex background/setting that can be considered a painting unto itself is considered 2 custom-added, and is available in the 12x16" or larger sizes)

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10x10": up to 1 custom-added feature with pet close-in

Maya:    1 custom-added is her scarf
Prince:   1 custom-added is the water
Farkus:  1 custom-added is the grass w/fence
Maddie:  Custom

10x12": up to 3 custom-added features

Seamus:   1 custom-added is the chair
Charlie:    1 custom-added is the grass w/bone,
Dash:        3 custom-added are the background & chair & bow-tie
Zoe:          2 custom-added are the bed & bones
Sydney:   3 custom-added are background & pillow & name on collar

12x12": up to 3 custom-added features

Monday:           1 custom-added is the background
Seth:                  1 custom-added is the water
Callie:               2 custom-added are the rug & toy
Dudley:             2 custom-added are the background & name on collar
Moose&Rick:  Custom, $467 (pet w/person)

12x16": up to 4 custom-added features

Byron:                  1 custom-added is the staircase
Boone:                 2 custom-added are the background & pool
Tillie & Beazy:   2 custom-added are the complex background/setting, (2 pets)
Minka:                 4 custom-added are the background & toy & crown & pillows

16x20": unlimited custom-added features

Roc:                   1 custom-added is the floor,
Beezo&Scout: 1 custom-added is the floor/backgound,  (2 pets)
Luka:                 3 custom-added are the rug, toys, name-on-tag
Mr. Jager:          5 custom-added are the Matisse-inspired surroundings, the table, the lemon, the jewelry (collar)

18x24": unlimited custom-added features

Cody:                     2 custom-added are the surroundings & toy,
Bella:                     7 custom-added are the complex background & bear & foxes & deer & chipmunks & balls,
Barb&TheGang:  3 custom-added are the complex setting & fill-in for Barb's legs. $1401 (3 pets w/person)

20x24" and larger: unlimited custom-added features

AB & Jackson (44x32"):       3 custom-added are the complex background/setting & belt, (petw/person)
Beezo & Scout (22x28"):      1 custom-added is the background,  (2-pets)
Relu & Sam (20x24):            1 custom-added is the grass/bushes, (2 pets)
Honey & Kristen (22x22):    1 custom-added is the background & harness, (pet w/person)
Starbuck (22x28):                  2 custom-added is the complex background/setting

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Custom Costume Craze:
Sizes from 10x10" to as-large-as-you-want, w/the same "custom-added" features & pricing

RegalBeagle (16x20"):               4 custom-added are the pillow & crown & necklace & lace collar

Winnie is Frida (12x16"):           4 custom-added are the background & hat & jewelry & clothes

Kole (10x12"):                              2 custom-added are the scarf & hat
The People's Queen (12x16"):   4 custom-added are the background & crown & scepter & robe
Turbo's Party (16x20"):               6 custom-added are the table & ice cream & butter & cheesecake & nibbles & tutu

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• want a size not represented here? No prob: let's chat! >>>puci@puciart.com
• your "WALL O' PETS" come with complimentary S&H when 3 or more paintings are mailed together to the same address within the United States.
• what's all the barking about?: http://www.etsy.com/people/puci/feedback
 • international shipping? Sicuro; Siguran; Vous; Of Course!

* a pet portrait can also provide a life-time of happy memories of absent pets *

Bella's Dream

Bella's "mom" and I had lots of fun constructing this fantasy dream stocked full of Bella's favorite woodland delights. Lucky for me, "Mom" supplied me with lots of reference photos, to help explain her vision for the painting of her beloved Bella, who was "the most extraordinary spirit I've ever known (canine or otherwise)". I came up with the title for the painting :-)

"She considered this place absolutely magical - and so I'm thinking of a magical fairy woodland type of atmosphere. An enchanted forest... Bella absolutely loved every second of life here, barking at an enormous black bear who had the nerve to come into HER (Bella's) territory; chasing groups of deer to the edges of our property; playing endless games of fetch with the orange rubber ball (and leaping up and down the boulders like a mountain goat to retrieve it if it happened to go over the edge)."

BELLA'S DREAM
18x24" custom Oil Painting by puci

Buster's Snow Day

BUSTER
8x8" custom Pet Portrait Oil Painting by puci

As the overall cool blue tones of the snow surround Buster, he still exudes warmth by the reflected warm color tones in his white fur & ears. You just know that, as cold as the weather may be outside, Buster will be warm and affectionate in your arms.

"…my 14 year old Jack Russell Buster.  His personality is cheerful, spirited, loving, affectionate, sweet… Buster LOVES winter and playing in the snow."

 

Pug Zoey

Meet sweet Zoey, a blind rescue dog who had a hard life until she & her family found each other.

I thought the addition of the glasses would be a great way for Zoey's "Mom" to be indirectly in the painting with her, as well as a way to sort-of give Zoey sight through those who care so much about her.

"I bought Zoey a dog stroller so she can go with us on walks.  So far she is only good for a little while but hopefully she will get the hang of it."

ZOEY, 8x10" custom oil portrait painting by puci
www.darlenepucilloart.com/pet-portraits

Turbo's Dinner Party

Kitty TURBO sure knows how to throw a party! with (taste-tested) ice cream & cheesecake, butter and nibbles, Oh My! And, she's even wearing her lovely tutu and sparkling collar w/cupcake charm.

Humm, Looks like a party-for-one though  ...smart kitty!

"Turbo has the mentality of a kitty still, and I don't think she'll ever outgrow kittenhood :-P She has one of the loudest purrs you'll ever hear...  Anytime food is involved though, she's the first to meow and get in line... She also has the most unladylike body posture, she'll get on her back and expose her tummy so you can rub it :)" 

"Turbo's Dinner Party", 12x16" custom Oil Portrait Painting by puci

Ambassador Duke

Gentle Duke loves to fish, or rather to watch the fish, so of course his favorite place is at the lake. Handsome Duke just turned 14 this year (2013).

"Duke is an American Pitbull Terrier :) And, if I do say so myself, is a great ambassador for this misunderstood breed!"

"Ambassador Duke", 10x10" custom Oil Portrait Painting by puci

MONDAY, Horse Beloved

Photos of the finished painting:
"Monday", 12x12" custom oil Portrait Painting by puci

"The horse is in a stunning head set and when I see this I think of all the hard work Isabelle did to get her (Monday) in such good shape."

"Monday", 12x12" custom Oil Portrait Painting by puci
www.darlenepucilloart.com/pet-portraits