About the Artist

Lily never set out to become a pet portrait artist. She was a watercolor painter who spent weekends at farmers markets, selling landscapes and florals to passersby. But everything changed the day she painted her childhood dog, Copper, from memory.

Copper had passed away six months earlier, and Lily found herself unable to look at photos without feeling overwhelmed. So she painted him instead—not from a photograph, but from the feeling of him. The way his ears flopped when he ran. The exact amber of his eyes in afternoon sunlight. The painting became something more than an image; it became a presence, a comfort, a way to hold onto love without clinging to loss.

When Lily’s neighbor saw the painting, she wept. Then she asked: “Could you do this for my Luna?”

That question became a calling. Lily realized she wasn’t just painting pets—she was painting love stories. Each portrait was a declaration that this bond mattered, that this soul deserved to be remembered in the same way families have honored their beloveds throughout history. She was giving people permission to grieve, to celebrate, to say out loud: “My pet is family.”

Today, every portrait Lily creates is painted by her own hand, in her sun-filled studio, with the same intention she brought to that first painting of Copper. She works slowly, deliberately, believing that something made to honor a life should never feel rushed or mass-produced.

All artworks are created by the artist, Lily Matthews-Scott.

All copyright and reproduction rights are reserved by the artist.