Almost an Angel 66

Elle

“Quirky, soulful illustrations of Dogs and other Animals. ”

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About Almost an Angel 66

Almost an Angel 66

A Little Beauty in Imperfection

Hello and Welcome.
My name is Elle J. Wilson.
I created by little business Almost An Angel 66 in 2005 and over the years have built up a colourful and quirky collection of dog illustrations, mainly sighthound breeds, but I do others when I have time.
I graduated from Uni in Birmingham with a degree in Theatre Set and Costume Design but ended up working in a Multimedia company editing videos and all sorts, meeting lots of fun people. Then children came along 1, 2, & 3 so became difficult to go into what I really wanted to do which was set design for films. Anyway whilst changing nappies I started painting dogs again. At Secondary school we had a project to start a business and see if you could make any money. Well I chose to do pet portraits and gained several commissions of cats and dogs from teachers, I sometimes wonder if they saw me now and feel honoured that they had their pet painted by a young Elle Wilson? So the seeds for painting dogs were sown a long long time ago. A lot of my work is based on my own dogs and dogs I've met over the years but I like to inject some imagination, soul , a bit like Alice in Wonderland as you may see in some of my images. Look around the whole painting, there are mice, symbols, sometimes my own little Chihuahuas hiding here and there. Sometimes my dog portraits are more about me, my life and how I am feeling, there are stories behind them.