Pet Portrait Commissions
Each commission includes:A museum‑quality fine art print (12×12 or 11×14, depending on the composition)The original drawing — yours to keepShipping included within the USAPrice: $250If you’re interested, fill out the form below and I’ll get back to you with next steps, including how to send your images.
Add Color to Your Print — $50
The original drawing stays graphite. Color is added digitally to the scan and applied only to the printed version.
Drawings with color added
Fine Art Prints
These drawings are available to purchase as fine art prints.
They are each 11×11 inches with a ½" border (total 12×12).
The color version uses the original graphite drawing, with color digitally added to the scanned artwork. The drawing itself remains unchanged.
Museum‑Quality Prints — $60Shipping within the U.S. is included. Prints are sold unframed.All prints are available through my Etsy shop.
About Me
I’m a graphite artist and animator. I won an Emmy for my work on the National Geographic special Predators at War, but the experience that shaped me most came from caring for abandoned geese and ducks at a local lake — feeding them, watching for injuries, helping Washach Wanderers relocate them, and cleaning the trash people left behind.Those moments taught me presence, patience, and the closeness I try to bring into every drawing.
A Lesson in Looking Closer
I spent some time studying printmaking. I loved etching — covering a copper plate with a ground, then scratching through it with a needle so the acid could etch those lines into the plate.One day, while working on a plate, I decided to use a magnifying glass. My professor came by, watched me for a moment, and told me it wasn't going to make a difference.So I stopped.When I printed the plate I noticed the area I worked on under the magnifying glass had richer darks and a higher quality.It taught me something I've carried with me ever since.
How I Draw Today
So now I don't think I draw quite the way most people do. And it's not good or bad, it's just me, and I like it.When I'm working, I use a magnifying glass with a .3 mm mechanical pencil. Those are my hero tools. I work close enough to refine the smallest marks, but step back often enough to make sure I'm not losing the drawing as a whole.Somewhere in that process, drawing becomes more than just making a picture. I can get completely absorbed in it. For a while, everything else falls away, and I'm just there with the drawing, the music, and whatever little piece I'm working on.It's therapeutic for me.So when you look closely at one of my drawings, you're seeing more than a collection of tiny graphite marks. You're seeing the result of looking closer than I probably need to, and the part of me that gets lost in it.
Museum‑Quality Prints
Quality isn’t an afterthought for me — it’s the heart of the work.
Each print is made as a true keepsake: archival giclée on 100% cotton rag fine‑art paper, printed with pigment inks that hold their depth and clarity for decades.Every piece is signed by hand and includes a small note of authenticity, care, and my thanks — a reminder that what you’re holding was made with intention and meant to last.