Commissioned Scottish Art:
Highland Calf and Castle Ruins
by D. Bruce Bennett
Royal Highland Fair Highland Calf
Royal Highland Fair Highland Calf represents a typical commission: a client-supplied photo as its base, a client request for a subtle revamping of Scottish Art that we’ve already sold, and a meeting of the promised deadline. The only unusual thing about this commission is that the originally requested thistles got the old heave-ho – a first for Bennett Celtic Art.
The client first contacted us May 8, cleverly giving herself plenty of time to arrange for a surprise painting for hubby’s Father’s Day gift. She’d searched through our site and wanted to know if Bruce would paint something similar to Three Thistles and a ‘Coo.’ She also attached a photo of a sweet little highland calf that she and her husband had taken at the 2004 Royal Highland Fair.
After she began looking through our site more thoroughly, she decided she really liked the background of Castle Cow and its oil painting style on hardboard over the softer watercolor style on watercolor paper of Three Thistles and a ‘Coo.’
After clearing up our misconceptions due to weird JPG colors, Bruce painted her darling calf with a caramel colored coat and dark brown eyes. (Incorrect photo colors are a common issue, digital cameras and computer monitors being what they are. When you send a photo, make sure its colors are as true as possible.) He changed the castle ruins from Castle Cow to be more . . . well, ruin-ish and to take the place of the original thistle request, per the client’s instructions.
We sent the first color proof JPG on May 25. After making minor changes, per the client’s request, we shipped the painting on June 8 – plenty of time before her Father’s Day deadline.
Royal Highland Fair Highland Calf
Picture of Scotland
Medium: acrylic on hardboard
Image Dimensions: 16" w. x 8" h.
Please note that all Paintings of Scotland (and Paintings of England, too) on this site are the original artwork of U.S. artist, D. Bruce Bennett. United States customers pay no U.K. exchange rate, no customs duty tax, and no international mailing costs. All we have to add to the very reasonable price of our Scottish Art is plain old U.S. postage (and state tax for Colorado residents).
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