Paint my House

Paint my House Dogs, horses, houses, cats... I paint commissions for people who love the things in their world. My name is Richard Carman, and I am an artist.

I am based in the UK, and have been selling paintings and commissions for many years. I have been featured on UK TV many times, in my own series "A Brush With the Mersey", on BBC2's "Restoration", ITV's "Locks and Quays" and on Channel 4's "Watercolour Challenge". The first paintings I ever sold were of people's houses local to where I lived as a student, of local pubs, farm houses and businesses.

Since then I have painted all over the world, from Cape Town to Copenhagen, Barbados to Beirut. I post most of my stuff here, but if you like Instagram I'm at www.instagram.com/richard_carman_artist and if web sites are your thing you can do www.richardcarman.com

Here's a wee puffin, painted in acrylics. Everyone loves puffins.5x7", £85 unframed, inc UK postage.
18/12/2024

Here's a wee puffin, painted in acrylics. Everyone loves puffins.

5x7", £85 unframed, inc UK postage.

Here's Trev, all finished. He's a Swedish valhund, if you're wondering, and his job is looking after cows. Thank you Kir...
17/12/2024

Here's Trev, all finished. He's a Swedish valhund, if you're wondering, and his job is looking after cows. Thank you Kirsty Ellis for asking me to paint him.

A young man called Trev is on the way...
13/12/2024

A young man called Trev is on the way...

Approximately 5"x5", a little acrylic of a tree sparrow. Drastically reduced in numbers over recent decades, these littl...
09/12/2024

Approximately 5"x5", a little acrylic of a tree sparrow. Drastically reduced in numbers over recent decades, these little birds were common when I was young but now they're a rarity. I love their subtle browns and greys, the rich brown cap and little black beard.

For sale: £85.00 (unframed), UK P&P included. Delivered for Christmas, fingers crossed.

06/12/2024

Just a tip heading into party season. 🎄🎅🏻🥳 Well it’s good for any time really ☺️ Stay safe

The woodcock is one of my favourite birds, often put up by Bertie or Baxter, from their insanely camouflaged rest. Hope ...
06/12/2024

The woodcock is one of my favourite birds, often put up by Bertie or Baxter, from their insanely camouflaged rest. Hope you like this one.

5.5x5.5", acrylic on paper, £85.00, UK postage paid, overseas postage extra.

Black Friday! The day when people all over America trample on one another in the name of consumerism, only hours after t...
29/11/2024

Black Friday! The day when people all over America trample on one another in the name of consumerism, only hours after they have had a day off work to give thanks for all that they already have :) .

It's also the day you decide to have your black dog's portrait painted. Just let me know who the dog is. ###

This week is 'International Have Your Pet's Portrait Painted Week.' **I've had a Christmas order cancelled (always the b...
28/11/2024

This week is 'International Have Your Pet's Portrait Painted Week.' **

I've had a Christmas order cancelled (always the best time of year to let someone down!). To fill the gap in my schedule I'm offering 5% discount to paint a stunning portrait of your dog, horse, donkey, husband etc for Christmas. Get your skates on and international postage will still get it to you before Christmas if you're overseas. The pawfect Christmas gift. Ask for details in the comments and I'll send you facts and figures, or just message me. ###

** - honestly, it is. Round these parts, anyway!

Four colly birds. Old versions of the song don't refer to 'calling birds', but 'colly bird' was an old name for a blackb...
25/11/2024

Four colly birds. Old versions of the song don't refer to 'calling birds', but 'colly bird' was an old name for a blackbird. Later it became a name for any English songbird.

Acrylics on paper, 5" square, supplied unframed. UK postage free, overseas postage extra. £75.00 (EUR 85.00/USD 87.00).

Adie was Tom's friend throughout their childhood. He was son #4 to us. He's getting married in a week or so, and Mrs C ...
25/11/2024

Adie was Tom's friend throughout their childhood. He was son #4 to us. He's getting married in a week or so, and Mrs C and I are invited to the wedding. I painted their house for them as a wedding present.

Three for a girl. Hope you like this little acrylic of spring magpies above our local fells.Approximately 5" square, sup...
24/11/2024

Three for a girl. Hope you like this little acrylic of spring magpies above our local fells.

Approximately 5" square, supplied unframed, UK postage paid (overseas postage extra). £75.00. (approximately EUR 85.00/USD 88.00). It's yours if you'd like it ###.

Having been painting these on and off for over five decades it struck me that I was several decades ahead of Anthony Gor...
21/11/2024

Having been painting these on and off for over five decades it struck me that I was several decades ahead of Anthony Gormley's "Another Place" at Crosby!

The stunningly gorgeous Zsa Zsa, painted in acrylics. An unusual pose for me, but a perfect one for the painting. Hairy?...
21/11/2024

The stunningly gorgeous Zsa Zsa, painted in acrylics. An unusual pose for me, but a perfect one for the painting. Hairy? Otterhounds?

A couple more of the little paintings inspired by the Philip Glass opera "Einstein on the Beach". Yours if you want one ...
20/11/2024

A couple more of the little paintings inspired by the Philip Glass opera "Einstein on the Beach". Yours if you want one - message me for details or comment below. I'm not charging much 😀

Zsa Zsa is getting hairy...
20/11/2024

Zsa Zsa is getting hairy...

A new star on the horizon...
17/11/2024

A new star on the horizon...

Morning folks. I hope you like my latest Lancashire heeler painting, a portrait of Munch, painted in acrylics for Michae...
15/11/2024

Morning folks. I hope you like my latest Lancashire heeler painting, a portrait of Munch, painted in acrylics for Michael. What a happy girl...

Moose and Jarrow, another double otterhound portrait. Painted in acrylics on 300gsm paper. Two lovely hairy beasts... ...
15/10/2024

Moose and Jarrow, another double otterhound portrait. Painted in acrylics on 300gsm paper. Two lovely hairy beasts...

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My name is Richard Carman, and I am an artist. I am based in the UK, and have been selling paintings and commissions all over the world for many years. I have been featured on UK TV many times, in my own series "A Brush With the Mersey", on BBC2's "Restoration", ITV's "Locks and Quays" and on Channel 4's "Watercolour Challenge". The first paintings I ever sold were of people's houses local to where I lived as a student, of local pubs, farm houses and businesses. Since then I have painted all over the world, from Cape Town to Copenhagen, Barbados to Beirut. Most of the commissions I do nowadays are for animal portraits, paintings of house and homes all over the world, and portraits. You can visit my website at www.richardcarman.com, and my shop at www.etsy.com/uk/people/richardcarman999?ref=si_pr