Honey

I want to share this portrait of Barbara and Gary Neal's "Honey". When Gary went in the hospital he missed his dog so much, so I made an 8 x 10 print of the portrait that said "I love you! XOXO, Honey" on it. Barbara said that meant a lot to Gary, he took it with him every time he went to the hospital until he died.

All of my full-size portraits come with notecards of the portrait also.

Portrait of Casper

"Casper" was commissioned by Cheri McNealy as a gift for her sister after the loss of her beloved Casper. This is the 9th Roeckl portrait Cheri has commissioned since 1991. She asked that Casper be looking straight at us. When she saw the finished portrait, Cheri emailed:
"You DA man!!!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! You NEVER fail me!"

Cheri then posted the following on Facebook:
"As usual, Kevin, you have not disappointed. The cat is "Casper" who died a month ago from a nasty Cancer at 15. His original owner died 3 years ago but nobody wanted a 12 year old cat...I took him and then he went to live with my "non" cat sister. He was her first - and he made a believer out of her. He was a great kitty with a big heart and lots of love and lessons to teach before he left. We all miss him but with Kevin's work to look at every day, it'll almost be like he's not gone.
THANK YOU KEVIN - YOU HAVE GIVEN US BACK SOME OF OUR BELOVED PETS OVER MANY YEARS AND SOFTENED THE BLOW OF THEIR LOSS."

Portrait of Casper - in progress

Started a cat portrait for Cheri McNealy on a pearl-gray background. The face is halfway finished...

Junjie

A simple pencil portrait of a little dog being held in his loving owner's arms. 

Commissioned by Sandy Romer as a gift for Junjie's owner, Zach.