Pass me the paintbrush!

I love the snowball effect!

So, it all started when I decided that being a new freelancer/fairly new mum to a 16month year-old equals being penniless, and that meant that mother dear will have to get a homemade gift for her birthday this year (which being in January sucks enough! Poor love). So, sorry mother. Not only did she get the final product of my experimental Jam making session on new years day (and i’m not entirely sure that worked out all that well!), she also received the gift of her Golden Retriever Jack painted in beautiful watercolours and framed ready to hang in her new wall gallery. Thankfully this present did work out well! Don’t you think?

Fantastically, by the power of social media, this commission got me another within half an hour of sharing online. And so Ronnie Roast was born and now adorns the home of her loving parents.

Since then, i’ve had a lot of keen beans interested in getting their dogs painted. Which is amazing! I get paid for my therapy! What does suck is that Christmas has zapped the wallets of such keen beans for now, but it’s ok, I just love the recognition and time is a healer.

I have though had one of my graphic design corporate clients buy three large original paintings which were already available to purchase on my Etsy shop and commissioned me to paint 3 more to add to the collection and adorn the hallways of their new factory that is in the process of being built. I am so stoked! It’ll be like my own mini exhibition, only I won’t have to pay gallery commission fees (*picture me tapping my fingers together in a Mr Burns style). So hold on to your hats for a Giraffe, Sea Turtle and Leopard coming soon.

Before I am allowed to crack on with these though, I had a bespoke commission to do of an Elephant for a birthday gift this week! I am so pleased with how this turned out. What do you think?

I still have a few original paintings, framed and ready to hang, on my Etsy shop here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SGCreative?ref=hdr_shop_menu and also prints available to purchase there too. If you would like a bespoke commission please do get in touch and drop me an email at staceygrovecreative@gmail.com. I’d love to hear from you!