WALTER the Whippet
8” x 8” oil on board
This one started in a wonderfully wacky way... but I managed to reign myself in! (Apart from the gold buckle!) I’m enjoying experimenting with the backgrounds... I want to produce a piece of art that captures the essence of the animal but also has character, I really want to avoid producing a direct copy of a photograph.
Non- commissions allow me a bit more freedom to take the painting in an unusual direction and the background is the easiest place to have a bit of fun with it!
This background was inspired by one I really liked by Nikkie Markle in her artdare painting of a heron when the theme was ‘polka-dots’...