Louise Jarvis BA MFA
About The Artist
Ever since I was a little girl I have loved drawing and painting. I always knew I wanted to be an artist so after studying art at high school in Ayrshire I continued my art education at Glasgow College of Building and Printing and Cardonald College.
In 2002, after building a large portfolio of various types of work, I gained a place at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee.
I graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, Scotland in 2006 with a BA Degree in Illustration and Printmaking. I have produced many different types of art and I am currently specialising in drawing pastel pet portraits. This website is to showcase my Pet Portraits but over the years I have undertaken various different types of work including Children’s Book Illustration. Life drawing, Fine Art and Illustration/Animation projects.
Since leaving art school I have rediscovered my love of animals and I have found great pleasure in drawing furry creatures of all shapes and sizes! I live in Perthshire, Scotland with my little boys and surrounded by my beloved canine companions.
The thing I love about doing pet portraits is the various different animals I get to draw which makes my job fascinating. No two animals are ever the same!
In 2012 I gained the amazing acheivement of becoming an multi-award winning animal artist after two of my pieces won “Highly Commended” certificates through a competition held by the Association of Animal Artists, judged by celebrity artist judge Hazel Soan. I was over the moon and that was soon followed by my art being accepted for the Society of Equestrian Artists annual show in London in November 2012. It was a very successful and exciting year for me. I won a further 3 awards from a Gallery in New York, 1 in 2016 and and a further 2 in 2017, this time for sculpture. One of the pieces I won an award for was the first Raku sculpture I had ever created.
In 2017 I graduated for a second time from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, with an MFA (Master of Fine arts postgraduate degree) in Art and Humanities. My main body of work combined philosophy and studio based work. My studio based work focussed on the Warhorse and studying this course gave birth to a new passion- sculpture. My final MFA degree work showcased life size sculptures of warhorses which can be viewed in my gallery. I was awarded the MFA with Merit for my work on this course.
I really do love being an artist, it is my passion and my life. I cannot think of anything better than creating portraits or pieces of art of beautiful animals everyday. I truly am blessed in that I live my dream each and every day!
Louise
About The Artist
Ever since I was a little girl I have loved drawing and painting. I always knew I wanted to be an artist so after studying art at high school in Ayrshire I continued my art education at Glasgow College of Building and Printing and Cardonald College.
In 2002, after building a large portfolio of various types of work, I gained a place at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee.
I graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, Scotland in 2006 with a BA Degree in Illustration and Printmaking. I have produced many different types of art and I am currently specialising in drawing pastel pet portraits. This website is to showcase my Pet Portraits but over the years I have undertaken various different types of work including Children’s Book Illustration. Life drawing, Fine Art and Illustration/Animation projects.
Since leaving art school I have rediscovered my love of animals and I have found great pleasure in drawing furry creatures of all shapes and sizes! I live in Perthshire, Scotland with my little boys and surrounded by my beloved canine companions.
The thing I love about doing pet portraits is the various different animals I get to draw which makes my job fascinating. No two animals are ever the same!
In 2012 I gained the amazing acheivement of becoming an multi-award winning animal artist after two of my pieces won “Highly Commended” certificates through a competition held by the Association of Animal Artists, judged by celebrity artist judge Hazel Soan. I was over the moon and that was soon followed by my art being accepted for the Society of Equestrian Artists annual show in London in November 2012. It was a very successful and exciting year for me. I won a further 3 awards from a Gallery in New York, 1 in 2016 and and a further 2 in 2017, this time for sculpture. One of the pieces I won an award for was the first Raku sculpture I had ever created.
In 2017 I graduated for a second time from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, with an MFA (Master of Fine arts postgraduate degree) in Art and Humanities. My main body of work combined philosophy and studio based work. My studio based work focussed on the Warhorse and studying this course gave birth to a new passion- sculpture. My final MFA degree work showcased life size sculptures of warhorses which can be viewed in my gallery. I was awarded the MFA with Merit for my work on this course.
I really do love being an artist, it is my passion and my life. I cannot think of anything better than creating portraits or pieces of art of beautiful animals everyday. I truly am blessed in that I live my dream each and every day!
Louise