We’re very excited to welcome artist and illustrator Liam Brazier to SO•CO from Peticular Portraiture with Jem

A portrait starts long before paint meets paper.

For this special SO•CO sitting, local portrait artist Jem invites you to bring your pet into the studio for a relaxed, personal meeting designed to capture more than just how they look.

Jem will spend time with both you and your pet, getting a feel for their character, habits, expressions and all the little quirks that make them unmistakably themselves.

Having already painted some of the city’s most recognisable hounds, Jem has a real talent for capturing personality, presence and those tiny details that make each animal completely individual.

She’ll take a selection of reference photographs during the sitting and use these, alongside what she learns about their personality, as the starting point for a bespoke commissioned portrait.

This is not simply about recreating a photograph. It’s about capturing presence, character and the relationship you share with them.

Soft, serious, mischievous, regal, chaotic or completely ridiculous, every pet has their own story, and Jem’s portraits are created to hold onto a little piece of it.

Following your sitting, you’ll have the opportunity to commission a one of a kind portrait directly from Jem.

A small moment in the studio, turned into something you can keep forever.