PETS AND ANIMALS

True to Life | British Realist Painting

Traditional paintings

This Gallery

Animals have long been a popular topic in traditional paintings. These artworks capture the essence of nature and wildlife in various art forms. In this gallery, you will find a collection of British realist paintings that depict animals in a true-to-life manner.These artworks showcase the skill and precision of the artist in capturing the details and beauty of the animal kingdom.

This is a collection of domestic animals. It includes working dogs bred for the field. There are shire horses from past times, pets, and different cattle breeds. These might be commissioned or otherwise. In fact, it includes anything to do with animals.

Domesticated animals are animals that have been selectively bred and genetically adapted over generations to live alongside humans.

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An oil on canvas painting of two cats called Tolly aged 6 and Wednesday aged 2, commissioned by the owners.
‘Tolly
and Wednesdy’ 🔴
An oil on canvas painting of two Jack Russell's inside a barn waiting to clear out rats.
‘The Rat Catchers’
An oil on canvas painting of heavy horses ploughing.
‘The Old Way’ 🔴
'Stable Mates' is an oil painting of a Labrador and Patterdale dog, outside the stable block of the North Staffs Hunt, during mucking out.
‘Stable Mates’
An oil painting portrait on canvas of a working Springer Spaniel dog waiting for the off during a Spaniel field trial.
‘Portrait of a Working Springer Spaniel’
'Ready and Alert' is an oil painting of a working Black Labrador, sitting at a peg.
‘Ready and Alert’ 🔴
'The Ploughing Match' is an oil painting on canvas of shire horses during a ploughing competition.
‘The Plowing Match’
An oil painting of a Dutch Blue heavy horse, used for flattening bracken in the woods, and a woodsman taking a midday break.
‘The Woodsman’
Oil painting of a horse standing in a room being prepared for tack.
‘Ready for Tack’
An oil portrait painting of an English Springer Spaniel working dog.
‘Ready to Go’
Painting on a bone china plaque of a Red Deer standing by a tree in the snow in the middle of winter.
‘Winter’ NFS
An oil portrait painting of a pollard Hereford Bull lying down in a field resting.
‘Hereford Bull Resting’
An oil painting on a panel of five Labrador puppies looking over a section of a kennel.
‘Yellow, Chocolate and Black
A dog portrait in watercolour of a working Black Labrador.
‘Purdy on Mark’
An oil painting of a Hereford bull standing in a field.
‘Portrait of a Hereford Bull’