horse Archives – Caricatures Ireland by Allan Cavanagh

Bord Na Móna Retirement Gift Caricature Cartoon Portrait

September 8, 2024 by Allan

Bord Na Mona Retirement Gift Caricature Cartoon Portrait. This drawing was a framed caricature cartoon portrait for an engineer who was retiring from Bord Na Mona and was completed earlier this year. It features the subject in the foreground in somewhat muddy attire due to the boggy location of his work! The subject of this caricature is surrounded by many items and references from his working life and his personal hobbies including his Bernese mountain dog sitting by his side. There's a red Honda with a dead horse beside it, in front of Derrinlough Briquette factory. I've drawn a pond pond outside the factory with 2 ducks saying "YOU'LL BE MISSED!" There's a wind turbine with an attached Duracell AA battery as well as a beer making kit with a pig on a spit! Also vitally important was the appearance of Pete (geddit?) the old Bord na Móna mascot (I say old but he's probably of a similar vintage to me... or younger!)

Bord Na Móna Retirement Gift Caricature Cartoon Portrait: this drawing was a framed caricature cartoon portrait for an engineer who was retiring from Bord Na Mona and was completed earlier this year.

50th Birthday Gift Caricature

May 14, 2023May 10, 2021 by Allan

50th Birthday Gift Caricature: this piece went to Cork for a 50th birthday earlier this year. The birthday girl is surrounded by her pets including a cat, a pair of alsatians, a lamb and a chicken! The hand santiser has been a feature of several pieces I’ve done recently for some reason 😀
In the background is her house, a horse and the Trawler Boyz “rolling restaurant” she runs with her 3 sons (a familiar sight around Ballycotton I believe!)
If you’d like to order a caricature as a 50th birthday gift just get in touch today!

“Aeroplanes” are the New “Horses”

May 10, 2020 by Allan

Horses are suffering an attention deficit with the reduction in air traffic. Aeroplanes are so rare in the sky now people aren’t giving horses their “horses!” due anymore. 😀 I’m delivering high quality caricature art all over Ireland during the lockdown. Don’t miss birthdays or wedding anniversaries! Digital options available on request for you to … Read more

2019 Caricature Gift Roundup

January 22, 2020January 12, 2020 by Allan

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Caricature gifts from 2019: I was incredibly busy in the run up to Christmas with a selection of commissions for wedding anniversaries, retirements, birthday presents, and of course Christmas presents! I usually try to blog each commission after it’s been presented to the subject but I have such a backlog of caricature work to show … Read more

Australia, New York, and Westport!

August 16, 2019 by Allan

Unusual Wedding Gifts Ireland: this was a great piece to work on as it went through a few different iterations before the final framed caricature gift. The first stage was producing a caricature of the couple that could be printed on t-shirts for the bride-to-be’s hen night. For this one the client wanted the couple … Read more