Oliver

Anthony O'Keefe Portrait 0 Comments

This is a second portrait of Oliver, the reference photograph was provided by his Grandfather. I changed the composition slightly to make it more of an impact but the basic photograph captured Oliver perfectly.   Sold

Sophie in woods

Anthony O'Keefe Equine, Portrait 0 Comments

This is Sophie riding Ted from photographs I took during the Side Saddle Show at Addington Manor in August 2015. I’ve placed them on a woodland path based roughly on a Sir Alfred Munnings painting, “Marjory”. I’ve been looser with the background and sprayed turps onto the wet paint to get some wonderful shapes and patterns which I think has …

Side Saddle Lady in Costume

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This beautiful lady and her magnificent horse were at the Annual Side Saddle Show at Addington Manor in August 2015. She was walking the horse on the lawn in front of the trade stands and I could not resist take a few photographs of her, I chose one of them to base this painting on. It’s my largest painting to …

Sophie and Conspiracy Theory

Anthony O'Keefe Equine, Portrait 0 Comments

Close up portrait of Sophie and Conspiracy Theory (Ted) from reference photographs I took in August 2015 at the National Side Saddle Show. I wanted to capture the beauty of Sophie, the presence Ted has all in a classic composition. Sold Limited edition prints £100 Greeting cards £2.50

Sophie riding Conspiracy Theory

Anthony O'Keefe Equine, Portrait 0 Comments

Sophie won the National Side Saddle Show entry to the Horse of the Year Show at Addington and we had a photo shoot immediately after the competition. I have place Sophie and Ted on the lawn in front of the outside arenas. I was inspired by the work of Sir Alfred Munnings and used his free, loose painterly style on …

Becky Leading

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This was a joy to paint, it just seemed to flow perfectly and my final critique stage found only a few very minor things to adjust. The harmonising colour is sap green with highlights of Becky’s complexion and the pink strip on the HOYS T-Shirt. Sold

Milly

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This is Milly who lives with her owners in Cyprus, both Doctors in the military. An unusual painting for me as I rarely paint dogs and the owners provided the reference photos. I enjoyed painting it and the challenge of painting a black Lab without using black. Sold

Anthony self portrait

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Me doing what I love the most, painting! The portrait in the background is an early stage of Maddie & Jay which is featured in this portfolio. I like this portrait as it shows me as I think I am, quite serious and committed to the task in hand; also it was not long after I’d stopped racing in triathlons …