www.miasampietro.com - Animal Portraits.

"Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly."

Richard Bach

In the little spare time that I have there is nothing I like more than drawing animals. I always felt I could draw, but as a child and young adult I was actively discouraged by my teachers. Thus my confidence was sapped but deep down I knew I could draw. About 5 years ago, a dear friend recommended a book called 'The Artist's Way' by Julia Cameron. I bought the book and started on a journey that was to lead to the drawings featured on this page. 'The Artist's Way' brings out our true creativity, be that for writing, performing, drawing.. If you feel you haven't got the confidence to be creative and artistic read the book, here is a quote from Julia Cameron.

"What you are doing is creating pathways in your consciousness through which the creative forces can operate. Once you agree to clearing these pathways, your creativity emerges. In a sense, your creativity is like your blood. Just as blood is a fact of your physical body and nothing invented, creativity is a fact of your spiritual body and nothing that you must invent."

On this page are a few examples of the animals I have drawn over the years. Every single animal is drawn with love and each portrait takes many hours to complete.

I work from good photographs that clearly show the animal's eyes, after all they are the window to the soul!

If you would like a portrait of your beloved animal/s please go to my Fees page for information.