Animal Portrait Artist Sally Logue UK - pastel portraits of people and pets

Based in the beautiful Eden Valley, Sally Logue produces some of the finest pastel pet portraits for a wide range of customers from the UK and all over the world. Her work is delicate, sensitive and her eye for detail allows her to create an excellent likeness - and that's guaranteed!

Sally's husband, when they first met, asked her to draw something for a picture frame he had and she drew photo of Sally Logue at work

his dog, . That was back in 1990. Friends who saw the portrait asked for a portrait of their pet and by the time Sally gave up her job as Head of Art at Lime House School in 1993, she was already taking commissions at local shows.

Sales of Sally's pastels have gone global since setting up her own web site in 2000. Customers preview a photograph of the finished product on the internet before parting with their cash. Her Customer Comments page is testimony to the quality of the product and service she provides.

Sally studied Art at Trent, Nottingham and graduated with a BA (hon's) in Textile Design. She then went on to Leeds to do a Post Graduate Certificate in Education before teaching Art to A' level for 12 years until her first baby was born.

Since both children started school, she has worked full time as an Animal and Portrait Artist. Sally will draw just about any animal, most popular are dogs, cats and horses but also and she produces life-like pictures of .

She adds to her online gallery Portraits4Pets.com on a weekly basis. There are countless portraits on display there, including over 100 distinct dog breeds which can be accessed through the Numerous other animal portraits include

Her designs have been used by (London, Paris and New York) in the production of hand stitched tapestry cushions and have been printed on a range of pet gifts sold throughout the USA.

Her web site was nominated 'site of the month' by and she has since helped design several other successful sites. Sally was nominated as runner-up in the Excellence in Cumbria Awards as 'Business Woman of the Year for 2002'

Owing to the success of her business she was featured as a case study in the BBC TV series 'Get Webwise For Business'.

Sally's dog portraits were used on eight New Zealand Mint coins to mark the Lunar Year of the Dog 2006
These include:

Black Lab - Trevor
BloodHound - Murphy
Borzoi - NZ Mint
Huskey - Kayleigh
Newfoundland - Jack
Sha-Pei - Zak
Springer Spaniel Tara
St Bernard - Poppy

In 2007 she was commissioned by the producers of ITV's 60 Minute Makeover to produce a portrait of Alfie the Schnauzer for a house makeover in Hailsham.

Thanks to Loraine Thompson. Photos Paula Paisley

Further Information, Articles and TV programmes about the Artist:

Daily Mail, 3 December 2007 article on Pet Portraits featuring Barbara Gott and her Lhasa Apso ''Benji'' and Liz Kretschmer with one of her three boxer dog portraits, ''Tara''

ITV's 60 Minute Make Over ( ''...and a stunning painting of Alfie the dog look fab on the newly brightened walls.) February 2007

Coin News, August 2006 and Australasian Coin and Banknote Magazine, July 2006

Business Gazette, May 2006

BBC TV 'Look North' 8 May 2006 - featuring Blossom the Pig

BBC Radio Cumbria, 25 April 2006

BBC online Regional News, 25 April 2006

News and Star, 24 April 2006

Cumberland and Westmorland Herald 22 April 2006

ITV - 'Border News and Lookaround' 12 April 2006

BBC2 TV 'Webwise for Business' broadcast in 2002, 2003, 2005 - featuring Eddie the Boxer Dog

Excellence in Cumbria Awards 28/03/03

Guardian 28/03/02 Featuring Lab Cross Chester

Business Line Winter 2002

News and Star 23/05/02

Cumberland and Westmorland Herald 13/04/02 - featuring Carrie, our Border Collie Cross

Business Gazette October 2001

Chelsea Textiles - featuring Chocolate Labrador - Murphy and more!

Animal Portrait Artist - Pastel Portraits of People and Pets by Sally Logue UK

Guaranteed good likeness of people and pets from photos - all portraits previewed online!