My Artwork

Ever since I remember I have sketched and painted. The margins of textbooks, when I was in school, were always filled with my drawings. I also used to write little books and illustrate them.

Art is a refuge for me. It is a passion, it is my comfort zone, it is where I escape to and it is where I feel at home. At times, when an image comes into my head, it feels as though I will explode, if I do not immediately capture it, create it and give it life. I work in all kinds of media pencils, oils, water colours, pastels and even mixed media. My favourite however remains graphite. Even though it is considered a very difficult medium to work with, I find I have a natural affinity to it.

I am mostly self taught. However in the UK, I got an opportunity to do a formal course in Portraiture. I now hold an internationally recognised qualification in portraiture. currently specialise in pencil portraits.

“A thing of beauty is a joy forever” said Keats. If the thing of beauty happens to be a beautiful portrait of a loved one, then the joy becomes manifold. A portrait of a loved one makes such a unique and a personalised gift. The recipients are always delighted and I feel happy to be a part of someone’s joy. It also becomes an heirloom which can be passed down the generations.

My pencil portraits are entirely hand drawn. Each measurement is taken very painstakingly and I try to create portraits where the subject leaps to life. It takes me more than ten hours to create a single portrait.

I have been undertaking commissions since October 2010.For a good portrait, I need a high resolution photograph. The photographs can be e-mailed to me. To know more about commissions and to read about the story of one of my commissions in India, click  here.

To see a sample of my latest portraits please go click  here
You can click on each album below to see some of my other art work.

If you have any questions mail me on ps(at)preetishenoy(dot)com