Are you kidding? Your work is wonderful! Please let me know when you get this business going. I would love to have you do a portrait of my cocker spaniels!
Your work is excellent. Here is an idea......a vet we used to use had art work from a local artist hanging in his office. She would do pictures of people's animals from a photo (for a fee of course). This might be a good way to get started without quitting your day job so to speak until you see if it takes off. You'll certainly have the right traffic.
As someone who does crafts I can understand the thinking that you might not be good enough. You are too close to it and with someone who was close to you and said you weren't good enough would really do a number on you. I looked at your pictures (now I am not an artist, though would love to be) and I don't own any animals but I was blown away. You could see right down to the animals souls in their eyes. How did you do that? They are unbelievable.
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