ArtbyKirstenSneath

Description: 5x7 acrylic painting of a sea otter floating in the water. Inspired by my own photograph taken at Point Defiance Zoo, Washington. This is my entry for the Twitter Art Exhibit charity art sale in Vancouver, BC June 2023

Description: Acrylic painting of a European Robin. I painted this as part of a monthly bird art challenge. Reference photo, provided by Bird Whisperer Project on social media, from Pixabay.

Description: Acrylic painting of a sea lion swimming. Inspired by my own photograph taken at Point Defiance Zoo, Washington state.

Description: Ink and watercolour seahorse I created for a social media art challenge. Background colour added digitally.

Description: Acrylic painting of a cute little mouse in a tulip. I painted this after saving a mouse from my cat. Reference picture from Pixabay.

Description: Acrylic painting of a cheeky deer eating my tulips. I caught this cutie on camera and have been wanting to paint him for ages. Always makes me smile.

Description: Acrylic painting of a hummingbird sheltering under a rose in the rain. Inspired by one of my inktober drawings, my favourite yellow rose and one of my hummingbird photos.

Description: I painted this cute little chinchilla for my daughter. Reference pic from Pixabay.

Description: Acrylic painting of a red-legged frog sitting on a rock by my pond. Inspired by my own photograph.

Description: My favourite subject to paint! I painted this gorgeous otter from my own photo. This is a postcard size painting for the Twitter Art Exhibit 2022 supporting the Encephalitis Society in York, UK.

Description: Acrylic painting of a very cute squirrel about to nibble on a pumpkin. I painted this from my friend's photo. I gave her this painting as a gift.

Description: I drew this as part of an online art challenge. Loved drawing this one!

Description: Acrylic painting of an Anna’s hummingbird sitting on a branch in the snow. I painted this from my own photograph.

Description: Acrylic painting of an otter fishing in the waves. I painted this from my own photograph taken on Memorial Day 2021. I felt so lucky to be able to see him! Otters are my favourite animals.

Description: Acrylic painting of a crow on the beach. I painted this from my own photograph. This crow and his friend were hanging out with all the seabirds finding some tasty treats!

Description: Acrylic painting of a pair of otters huddled up on a bridge. I painted this from a photograph I took at an aquarium in Torquay, Devon. I love otters and could spend all day watching them!

Description: Acrylic painting of a fluffy sea otter. Painted using my own photo as inspiration. This is one of the cute otters at the Seattle Aquarium. I could watch them all day!

Description: Acrylic painting of a curious looking tiger. Inspired by a beautiful reference photograph from Pixabay.

Description: Acrylic painting of a peacock displaying his amazing tail. Painted from my own photograph taken on holiday in Devon.

Description: A friend inspired me to paint this peacock! I had been meaning to paint one for a while from one of my own photographs. I intend to paint an acrylic version too. My family and I were lucky enough to see this peacock showing while on holiday in Devon.

Description: Ink and Watercolour painting of a cute puffin. I painted this as part of the Animal Alphabets challenge on social media. Love puffins!

Description: 8×8 acrylic painting of a panda sitting in a tree. I painted this from one of my daughter’s books. She loves pandas and dressed as one for Halloween. Couldn’t resist painting this lovely picture!

Description: Acrylic painting of a lovely donkey on an aqua/green background. Such peaceful creatures. One of my favourites! I painted this using a tiny photograph in one of my daughter’s animal magazines.

Description: Acrylic painting of an orca breaching. A gift for my lovely friend to go with her dolphin painting. 12×12 canvas.

Description: Acrylic painting of an otter waiting for feeding time. I painted this from my own photograph taken at an otter sanctuary in Devon.

Description: Small acrylic painting of a little elephant from another one of my daughter’s posters.

Description: Acrylic painting of a happy little pig. Such a cute picture that I had to paint it! Inspired by a small photo in a cute animal magazine.

Description: Acrylic painting of a river otter. I was inspired to paint this after visiting the Oregon Zoo, where they have two very playful otters. Otters have always been one of my favourite animals. Really loved painting this one!

Description: Acrylic painting of a raccoon in a tree. I painted this as a part of a series of 4 paintings for a show in October. Inspired by one of my son's posters.

Description: Acrylic painting of a river otter relaxing in the grass. Inspired by one of my own photographs taken at an otter sanctuary in Devon. Otters are my favourite animals!

Description: Acrylic painting of a Anna’s hummingbird with some sweet pea flowers. My neighbour challenged me to paint another bird after I painted the owl for him. This is from one of his amazing bird photos.

Description: This is one of my drawings in ink for the Inktober Challenge on social media. The word of the day was Dizzy! Loved this one!

Description: This image was drawn as part of the Inktober challenge on social media. The prompt for the day was "Dragon". I was inspired to draw this after reading Harry Potter to my two kids the night before.

Description: Watercolour and Ink illustration. This is Cutie our much loved guinea pig. This is is one of the illustrations from my book Cutie's Big Adventures, which can be found on Blurb.com as a soft cover, hard cover and an ebook. I wrote and illustrated this book for my two children, after drawing many pictures of Cutie doing lots of adventurous things!

Description: I painted this from a photograph I took on a beach near Astoria. There were horses being ridden up and down the beach. I decided not to paint the rider and let the horse run free instead.

Description: Acrylic painting of a Peacock butterfly on an abstract floral background. I love these butterflies and look forward to seeing them back in the UK.