Every hero needs a SideKick worth painting
Charcoal and oil portraits of the dog, cat, or companion who's been by your side.
See Pricing & Build YoursWelcome to SideKick
Every portrait starts the same way: a conversation about your pet, a handful of photographs, and an honest read on what makes them them, like the tilt of an ear or a particular look in the eye. From there each piece is drawn or painted entirely by hand, no shortcuts, no filters standing in for craft.
Work is taken on in limited batches so every commission gets proper time and attention. Use the calculators below to see pricing for your exact combination of size, subjects, and background before you commission.
Charcoal Drawings
Rich, textured, and monochrome. Charcoal is especially suited to capturing fur texture and soulful expression with striking contrast. Delivered on archival paper.
Oil Paintings
Full colour, painted in oils on canvas, built up in layers over several sittings. The most involved medium offered, and the most striking as a large-scale piece.
A few sidekicks, immortalized
A small sample of recent commissions across charcoal and oil.
Poppy
Oil Painting
Wendy
Oil Painting
Junior
Charcoal DrawingBuild your portrait, see the price instantly
Choose your options below. The price updates live. This is an estimate; final quotes are confirmed after a short consultation about your pet's photos.
Charcoal Drawing
From $250 CAD25% booking retainer to secure your spot, 50% progress payment once the initial rendering is underway, 25% due within 7 days of completion.
Some combinations aren't offered at A4. That much subject/background detail needs a larger surface to render properly. Try A3 or A2.
Oil Painting
From $480 CAD25% booking retainer to secure your spot, 50% progress payment once the initial rendering is underway, 25% due within 7 days of completion.
Some subject/background combinations aren't offered at smaller sizes. That much detail needs more canvas to render properly. Try a larger size.
Booking Retainer (25%)
Due immediately to secure your spot in the queue. Covers administrative setup and initial composition sketches. Non-refundable.
Progress Payment (50%)
Due once the underpainting or initial rendering pass is complete. This covers the bulk of the intensive work.
Final Delivery (25%)
Due within 7 days of the piece being completed, before it ships or is handed over.
What clients say
"He captured the exact look Poppy would give me when she needed a friend to play with, that same soft, hopeful expression. It's like having her right there in the room."
Loan Do, on Poppy's portrait
"He got Wendy's drool exactly right, down to the little strings of it. I used to hate cleaning it up, and now it's honestly the thing I miss most."
Khin O, on Wendy's portrait
"I was sobbing the moment I saw Junior looking back at me. I didn't expect it to hit like that, but it's exactly him."
Ashley, on Junior's portrait
Ready to commission a portrait?
Send over a few photos of your pet and a note about what you're picturing, sizing, style, and timeline can all be worked out together.
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