Bobby & Kenny
/Introducing Bobby, a bouncy, tri-coloured, cardigan Welsh Corgi puppy and Kenny, a ‘real life panther’ moggie.
The focus was capturing their unique personalities and physical qualities. Emma, their owner, summed Bobby up as ‘a little bit of chaos on short legs.’ A big fan of everyone and everything, including happily munching the occasional bit of cat poo! I felt the upward looking, expectant, bright eyed pose captured this energy beautifully.
Kenny on the other hand is a shrewd, calm operator. Affectionately known as ‘killer ken’ - a comical play of the famous South Park line ‘who killed Kenny.’ He takes his food very seriously and no mole, mouse or squirrel is safe when he’s about. Whilst not quick to show his soft side, in moments of need he will be there, to gently nose, cuddle and cheer. The yellow background was therefore a quiet nod to Emma description of him as ‘my little sunflower.’
“After seeing some of Susie’s previous portraits I was keen to see what she would do with my pair of cheeky fur-babies. Susie sent clear instructions for the images, such as light requirements, image quality etc and I just had to capture that right moment...easy right? Absolutely not! In all honesty the hardest part of this whole process was trying to capture a good quality photograph of one grumpy cat and one crazy camera shy puppy!
The rest really was so simple, for me at least...I was not the one commissioned to paint a black cat. Susie got to know my animals through our email conversations and I believe this knowledge is portrayed through the end result, my stunning portraits.
These portraits, beautifully presented and so detailed...the details in the eyes alone are mind boggling! The different hair textures, light reflections, all shown through these magical digital portraits that are so lifelike!
Susie carefully helped me choose the background colours for my portraits based on the animal’s character - I had mentioned at some point that Kenny was my little sunflower and so his background became a vibrant yellow, a perfect contrast to his multi-toned black fur. I just cannot wait to get these portraits on my wall where I can admire them at my leisure! I can’t thank Susie enough”
