Hands' Private Life. Holding Scotch

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Commissioned work

After the Art Endhoven Fair in February 2024, where one of my "Hands' Private Life" paintings was showcased, I received lots of positive feedback from several visitors and art lovers. A particular art collector from Belgium, after also visiting my website, expressed specific interest in a painting featuring our dog, Chester. We subsequently engaged in a pleasant correspondence and agreed to stay in touch for any further enquiries and information.

Now, six months later, I have received a beautiful commission to paint their Jack Russell, Scotch, who recently passed away. They did a great job collecting and sending me some nice photographs of Scotch, including those where they held him in their arms. The collector explicitly wished for the painting to feature the caring hands, so I thought it might fit perfectly into my Hands' Private Life series.

After starting the composition twice all over again, I think I finally found the right relations and proportions of the main characters - the dog and the hands - showing the tender care and love a human can give to an animal, who became a most important part of their life.