Tussock & Inca
/This commission was a wonderful opportunity to work in both oil on canvas and digital paint. I spent a very happy day in North Berwick meeting and hearing the story of Inca and Tussock, a mother and daughter spaniel duo. It was a tradition in their family to have portraits of all the dogs, and I was honoured to be the latest artist to contribute to it. William and Deborah, their owners were curious about digital painting, being more familiar with traditional mediums like oil, so they decided to go for one portrait in each. It took a good few goes to photograph them and get the right images to work from. Inca was the more compliant, being older and wiser, whilst Tussock was an excited, moving bundle of energy, but we got their in the end!
“Susannah has done portraits of our two spaniels in different mediums. “Inca” is digitally painted and “Tussock” is an oil painting. Susie has captured brilliantly the different characteristics of the two dogs. Inca is quite elderly, hairy and rather untidy and totally adorable whereas Tussock (her daughter) is much more serious and in her portrait she is gazing into the distance, ready for action. We love both the pictures and it was a great pleasure to work with Susie as she developed the portraits. Thank you, Susie, we love them!”
