Pet Portrait Workshop by Sarah Johnson

Sarah M. Johnson is an oil painter and occasional watercolor/gouache painter of landscapes, portraits, and florals in a realism style with expressive and painterly elements.

Her pet portraits emphasize the eyes, bringing the viewer into their personalities and characteristics, as well as play with the light and shadow of the figure with the color and energy of the brush strokes.

Sarah’s most popular commissions are pet portraits; however, she also has been commissioned to paint house portraits, people, and landscapes. She also paints live at weddings/live events, as well as bridal bouquets.

Imperfection is accepted here in Sarah’s paintings, communicating to the viewer that you don’t have to be perfect to be beautiful, nor do you have to be perfect to be loved and admired.  Her hope is to have the audience be in awe and wonder, to be inspired, to feel connected, feel alive, feel healed, and not feel alone.