Oils & colored pencil · Livermore, California
portraits painted with love
Celebrating the lives of our beloved companions in oils and colored pencil — each one painted by hand from your favorite photo.
Commission yours →Paw raised among the red geraniums, his name on his tag. All of Jack's charm, painted to last.
Livermore's Ambassadog, drawn twice: the grown-up good boy and the puppy he used to be.
A Cavalier King Charles in his favorite spot. Silky ears, soft eyes and a perfectly fluffed tail.
Deep wrinkles, warm amber eyes and a whole lot of quiet loyalty.
The big dog and the puppy, side by side, so you can keep both versions of the one you love.
One Cocker Spaniel at three stages of life, all in a single portrait. A lifetime remembered.
Kathleen Hill was born in Illinois, and like so many young girls, her first love was horses. Drawing them was how she showed that love, and she never stopped.
Decades later she paints from her studio in Livermore, California. Her portraits of dogs, cats, horses, birds and more go far beyond a photograph: each one is a one-of-a-kind piece, painted in rich oils or layered colored pencil, to celebrate the companion who shares your life.
“If art begins with inspiration, then animals are what inspire my art.”
Send a favorite photo with clear, in-focus eyes.
Kathleen talks through medium, size and the feeling you want.
The portrait is built by hand, layer by layer.
Signed, finished and on its way to your wall.
Drop their photo into the frame and watch it get painted in. Then tell Kathleen a little about them.