This personalised caricature was a gift for a 50th birthday last year. The subject is a Disney fan and loves travel, hence the Minnie Mouse ears and Eiffel Tower and the cruise ship in the background. She’s partial to a cocktail and also meticulous about cleaning, so the mop and apron was an in-joke from her family! Other references are Facebook with a signpost for Limerick and Dublin in the background. And of course a few balloons to mark the big day for good measure!
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The Turfcutter!
This caricature brought back childhood memories of being in the bog (or the hill as we say in Donegal)! It features the subject in a Kerry GAA jersey with his Ford tractor in the background behind a HAPE of turf! I’m old enough to remember spade-dug turf, trying to catch clouds as they drifted in over us (and realising they weren’t the cotton wool substance I thought they were) and drinking sweet tea from vacuum flasks. My back remembers the days spent footing them. Drawing this was very evocative of those memories (probably some of my earliest).
Homebrew and Books!
This caricature was a gift for the couple pictured. He is wearing a Donegal GAA jersey and holding a pint of Guinness, she’s pictured with books 📚 (including Roald Dahl’s Matilda) and she’s having a glass of wine! 🍷 He’s got his laptop 💻 and phone and she’s got a mortarboard on as she’s a teacher! 👩🏫 In the background is a barrel of home brew about to explo- sitting there brewing. In the background are signposts for Longford, Inver, Carrick-on-Shannon and Galway and the couple’s car 🚗 is pictured too.
Seaford Rock United Player of the Year Caricature
This caricature was presented to one of the Seaford Rock United Players of the Year last year. Also pictured is Gollum from Lord of the Rings (there was an incident involving a misplaced ring that the client wanted to include!).
Gollum is decked out in the team colours!
Gift Caricature for a Couple Featuring Pet Dogs! #caricature #gift #dogs
This caricature was a gift for the featured couple and went all the way to the States!
Like it? You can order caricatures online here.
Please note I have VERY LIMITED AVAILABILITY for Christmas gifts this year so if you’re looking for a caricature gift as a Christmas present please get in touch as soon as possible.
Galway Cartoon Festival 2020: The New Normal 🎥
A video round-up of the opening days of the Galway Cartoon Festival 2020 featuring interviews with myself Allan Cavanagh, and cartoonists Tom Mathews and Dean Patterson!