CUSTOMER´S TESTIMONIALS | LETTERS

Hi Katja!

Thank you for the portrait of Salvia. You really succeeded to capture her personality and her expressive eyes. When we opened the package and saw the painting, it felt like she was with us again.

The portrait of Salvia really is the memory I always wished to have of my best friend.

Best regards,
Petra Gyllensten

Oh my goodness!!!  It looks fantastic!! 

You did such a wonderful job.  It really looks exactly like the picture!  You captured their personalities and beauty.

Thanks so much.

It looks awesome!

When I saw his eye on step two I started crying, I had a hard day and his eye looked so lifelike...it just reminded me how much I miss him.

And I can feel the tears coming now too. I just can't express how thankful I am to you.

Laura

Hi Katja!

Wanted to send an email and tell that the painting arrived.

MY GOD how beautiful it is! It is unbelievable detailed and it really is Wilma looking back at me. We are mightily impressed by how wonderful you paint.

We want to thank you a thousand times more, for the amazing job you have put down!

Best regards,
Tess

I am so happy with it. It looks exactly like her. It  brought a tear to my eye. Can’t wait to give it to Fred. I’ll let you know what his reaction is.

Thank you so much again.

I may get you to do another one of our Bulldog George.

There he is. Katja have succeed to catch every little detail of his personality at the oil painting on Ohio. Everybody who knows Ohio and have seen the paintng is impressed over the convincing likeness.

I'm very pleased and grateful, and will of course give my best recommendations!

Many thank´s from Maria Wengelin and Ohio

Dear Katja,

Thank you very much for the fantastic portrait you made of our daughter and our two old ladies, Bonnie and Bus. We gave our daughter her portrait on her fifth birthday last week and believe me when I say that she was delighted.

She adores her cats. She wants to put the portrait in her bedroom but we would like to have it in our living-room. It has not yet been decided. Once again, thank you. You have a lot of talent and many of our friends have asked about your work. I will use you again when brother or sister arrives.

Sincerely, Linda and Simon McArdle

Oh, Katja - what should I say... You managed to capture her totally PERFECT!

I am more than satisfied :-)) It will be wonderful to frame this picture and place it on a spot where everybody directly can se it!

Thank you, for a great (and unbelievable quick) job!

Hi Katja,

Received Notte's pencil drawing today - IT IS FANTASTIC!!  You could reach out and give that boy of ours a kiss and feel one back. You are extremely talented and blessed.

Am going out to get it framed today and will bring it to our Neapolitan club meeting this Sunday!! Please send text for our newsletter as soon as convenient for you.

Thank you!!!

Donna

Dear Katja,

I am speechless.  It is the most beautiful portrait I have ever seen.  Maybe I’m biased, but I think this is your best one.  No all of them of great, but I think this is the best.  Black dogs are not only a difficult challenge to photograph, but also to paint.  You made it look pretty easy.  I am amazed and positive that the real portrait is even better than what I’m seeing here on the computer.

I just don’t know how to thank someone who helped so much to restore my wonderful and happy memories of these beautiful dogs I had in my life for 13 years.  This portrays Katie and Quinn in their prime.  You have captured their personality through their eyes.  Katie was the more serious one, most of the time.  Quinn was the forever puppy; he was always ready to play until his very last day.  This painting and the process you and I went through together, has done so much to subdue the sadness of the last chapter in Katie and Quinn’s lives.

This is most inadequate Katja, but thank you from the bottom of my broken, but now healing heart.

Katja,

All I can say is WOW! Lexus is a special dog to me, one of a kind. She is so kind and always has the expression that there is something going on behind those eyes of hers, my husband says she seems that she is always on the verge of speaking out loud and telling us something important!

I could never imagine her very soul to be able to be captured on canvas as you have
managed to do so well. I received her painting quickly, and it was packaged very well, my only trouble now is finding a frame to do it justice!

Thank you Katja for this amazing piece!

I first learned about Katja`s talents when I saw her drawing in coloured pencils of Xanto`s the bullmastiff.

I kept looking at the fantastic picture, and I knew that I had to have, such a drawing of my beautiful kleiner münsterländer Gajo, I had the perfect picture of her, she looks out of the windows, to spot the pheasants in our fields, and the colours in her fur was perfect for coloured pencils.

I decided that the picture, was going to be the logo for our kennel. Now Gajo lives in Sweden, and she have just had her first puppies, so I am very glad, to have her portrait, to look at every day, because she is such a beautiful dog.

I have a wish, it is to have Katja to do a portrait of each of our dogs, because she is such a talented girl, who can catch just the right expression in her portraits. Thank you Katja for drawing, a beautiful picture to me of Gajo.

Kennel Purreskoven v/ Anette Lindholt Larsen

Hi!

Yes, it arrived yesterday. I’m sooo happy with this Drawing; you truly made a super good job!! Thank you so much!! It’s not enough that Tjanna is as pretty as for real, that really is HER on the drawing!!

It will probably take a year, but I will sure have my little-girl done too!

Thank you!
Madde

Katja,

Ossi's painting arrived today.  It is beautiful!  I can't wait to show it to my friends.  You are very talented.  Thank you very much. Debbie

Debbie contacted me in September 2006 with a very sad letter:

Dear Katja,

Last fall you contacted me and wanted to paint a portrait of my German Shepherd dog named Ossi. Even to this day, I am very grateful to you for painting him and I wanted to tell you that his painting means even more to me today than it did when I received it. Shortly after my painting arrived, Ossi was diagnosed with hemangiosarcoma and he died on March 12, 2006. Throughout his very short illness, he was very dignified and never let his illness get him down. He was a magnificient companion and he is missed very much. I wanted to let you know that somehow, your painting of him watching over things helps me to get through each day. You captured his beauty and his spirit lives on through your work. You are truely an inspiration to future artists.

Sincerely,
Debbie Miller

Katja,

The painting of Valorie has arrived and it is absolutly stunning! What talent you have...Thank you so much for the incredible, lifelike painting that you have created for me. I will enjoy it forever.

Sincerely,

Carrie Peterson, Majesty Maltese
Colorado-USA

Oh My how cute is Scout!!!!

I am so excited about giviing this as a gift.
Thanks so much

Hi and Happy Holidays to You Todd was soooo touch with his painting. I had it framed with a suade matting! Not a great pic but the only one i have. thanks sooooo much for making such a beautiful gift.

Hi!

I went to get the painting today, didn’t have time yesterday. It is super good, better then the photo.

Thank you so much, my parents will love it.

Best, Johanna

Hi Katja!

The watercolour looks totally fantastic. My loving "old man" you got his character to 100% (even the other two, but he has a special place in my heart.).

When can I come and get the painting?

Best regards,
Helena

Katja asked me for some pictures of my Laekenois, because she wanted to make a painting from this variety of Belgian Shepherds. Of course I was very honoured by that, and I send her some pictures.
I couldn't expect the painting to turn out that good, and when I saw the result, I just HAD to buy it! I think she has done a wonderful job in painting my dog, and adding the sheep to it was a pleasant surprise. When I would like to have my other dog painted, I am definitely going back to Katja to ask her to do it!

Compliments Katja on your excellent work!
The painting is now the masterpiece in our livingroom!

It's really lovely -- Tara is appropriately regal, and Tenzin is his sweet, earnest, expectant self. I'm practically expecting Tenzin's paw to come right out of the page to bat at my hand.

many thanks!

Agi Kiss

Hi Katja, What can I say?

I have had several animal portraits commissioned by several different artists over the years, but none compare to the detail involved in this portrait of Teddy.
I am sure my Mum will be delighted with it. She does not want to see it just now; she wants to wait for the final portrait to arrive. I would be interested to know what you think of it?

I would like to thank you once again for all your effort and hard work, your talent is exceptional. I have been recommending your work to all my friends, family and work colleagues, who are all impressed with your talent and the contents of your website. No matter what the future holds for Teddy he will live for ever in the context of this portrait. When I look at this painting it makes me think he is alive and is in the room rather than looking at a painting. My only disappointment is that Oscar and Storm couldn’t be included in the painting with Teddy, but I realize the reason for this when I see the detail involved in Teddy’s portrait. It's a shame digital cameras were not fashionable during Storm and Oscar's era.

Thanks again from a very satisfied customer, Regards Allison

Hi Katja,

Just took my first look at the final Bronte picture and am most happy.  It’s wonderful.  You certainly have a gift!  When Bronte died about a year ago, it devastated everyone in the family.  I believe that your picture will bring back memories of a much happier time.

Thank you again.  I am already trying to get a few good photos of our two yorkies to send you for a dual portrait.  One is a 15 lb. bully and the other a little feisty mooch.  I will get in contact with you shortly.

Your friend,
Stanley Vasek

Hello Katja,

The portrait is amazing!  It was very emotional seeing the finished portrait on your website.  I can't wait to see the portrait.  Now . . . I hope I can wait till Christmas to give it to Mandy.  Thanks again for the beautiful artwork.  You are extremely talented.

Sincerely,
Shawn

Shawn sent me one more email after receiving the portrait:

Hi Katja,
I just wanted to email and thank you again for the beautiful portrait of Coco.  Mandy absolutely loved it!  As you can imagine, it was a very emotional experience for her when she opened the package at Christmas as she only lost Coco 4 months ago.  Everybody that has seen the portrait remark how talented you are and how much the portrait looks just like Coco.  Again, thank you.

Sincerely, Shawn Guthrie

I think it is truly magnificent - better than I could ever have hoped for.

Thank you so very much!

Naill

Hi

I went to get the package today. Daaaaamn how beautiful. You cant imagine how glad I got when I saw the picture. My mother will be really happy. So once again thank you so much.

I will email you later and tell you what my “little” mother thought about it. Many thanks from a happy family :)

Hi Katja
It is brilliant!

I cant wait to see it. If you have them, please can you also send a copy of the photos that you took at each stage? Thank you so much for producing this wonderful piece of art, I will let you know what Mark thinks when he gets it as a gift for his birthday.

Kind regards Alicia

Hello Katja,

I gave Chris his portrait of Ellie and he absolutely loved it! He thought it looked more like her than the actual picture. Thank you for doing such a fantastic job. We both cried after he opened it.

I was wondering if you could send me her work in progress page. I wanted to show Chris and when I got on the website, it was not there anymore. He would love to see it.

Thank you again,
Jessica

Hi Katja,

Cujo’s portrait arrived the other day and it is just beautiful!  You really captured his expression and the final result far exceeded my expectations.  My boyfriend was equally impressed.  You are truly talented and your work has a great “feel” to it, if that makes sense.  I will be contacting you for another portrait in the near future.  Thank you so much.

Laura.

At first Katja showed me scanning of the eyes – I sat and couldn't believe it! On too many drawings you can see a dog with no soul or the sign of the special dog. I saw MY dog and no doubt in that! I can see those eyes next to me 24 hours a day and now I could see them on a drawing – it was almost too strange.

Showed full picture to friends and asked what they think about it. Most common question was – is it Jeti?! They didn't know Katja were drawing her and they thought at first I was showing them just a drawing of dutch shepherd. They recognised her from picture with big surprise. They were just speechless!

I really like that there is really Jeti on the picture but still it isn't too much photo. It has that ‘something' you want a drawing have. It has the soul and energy the dog has but it still is a piece of art.

Think that you captured Stollah on the spot, curious and proud as she was.

Can really feel the excitement and tension in her body as well as the intense look she had.

Katja,

You have done another fine job. The impact of the center image really makes the drawing for me. You captured the detail in the musculature of the leaping dog, which is one of my favorite photos. It makes me a little sad looking at the drawing. The center dog is my second, Rex II. He has been retired for a couple of years now, he's 16 years, and is now a shadow of his former self. Thank you for capturing the image of him in his prime.

Thank you,
Marc Plunske

Hello!

I`ve got it!

It was really super good,  I got tears in my eyes :) !!
My sister is abroad right now so we in the family will visit her when she comes back and give her the painting then!

Thank you once again and for a super excellent work with the painting!

regards,
Ulrika

Hello!

We just arrived home after the birthday celebrating and I can say that she was veeery happy with the result! She looked at it many time during the dinner and asked like all of us. How does she do it! (that is to say you). Completely fantastic Katja, you get the dog to crawl out of the picture, to look alive.

The eyes are bright and shiny; the nose has a touch of light. The hair and whirls are where they are supposed to be. The drawing is so detailed. You have even included a little drool drop :)) Just_so_fantastic! And yes, the drawing arrived today but I think you understood that in the beginning right :) THANK YOU so very much and we don’t say good bye, but be seeing you!

Greetings

Jennie Strange