Chris Chantland has painted dog portraits, horse portraits and portraits of people for over 30 years. Many of his subjects are sporting dogs, including oil, watercolor and acrylic paintings of field trial and hunt test retrievers as well as field trial pointers. But subjects are not limited to sporting art or wildlife art. Chris often paints pet portraits, and can also include the pet's owner in a lifelike painting or drawing.

In a portrait, Chris captures the heart, soul and personality of any type of subject - dogs, horses, people - in acrylic, graphite, oil or watercolor.

"Chris Chantland is an extraordinary realist, but his work captures much more than an image, an animal or individual.  He brings the very essence, the soul of his subjects onto canvas.   His work rivals the very best in portrait painting today." 

- Catherine Crier, New York, New York