Animals have always had a special place in my life and painting them from my heart allows me to capture their inner spirit which I see shining out through their eyes.

My goal is to represent the unique personality or essence that is your pet in each animal portrait that I paint.

I would be honored to paint your friend!!!

In all my work, I am inspired by my heart to capture the life source of what I see.

I am adding florals, some fun paintings and landscape scenes to my gallery as they are completed.

I am very proud to have earned numerous awards recently in contests entered at Fine Art America. They are noted beneath the corresponding work!

Testimonials:

From the Heart Watercolors

Kimberly Lavelle

This piece "Through His Eyes" was awarded 1st Place in the recent contest "Images Inspired by Spirit or Spirituality" at Fine Art America on November, 2010

Custom Animal Portraits

This piece "Hellooo Raymond" earned first place in the Fine Art America contest "Playful Pups" August, 2011

"Kimberly's ability to express the heart and soul- the soul essence of our animals, is extraordinary....

"Kimberly's intuitive eye caught Noah and Joy's personalities perfectly...

"Kimberly listens to each animal whose portrait she is doing....

To read more, please see the Testimonials page.