Cats · Bengal
Custom Bengal Portraits, Hand-Painted From Your Photo
We paint Bengal portraits by hand from your photo. Trade pricing applies from one piece, and you approve a digital proof before anything ships.
- Coat
- Short, dense, exceptionally soft coat with a glittered sheen
- Common colours
- brown spotted, brown marbled, silver, snow (seal lynx, mink, sepia) and charcoal
- Build
- Medium-large, muscular, wild-looking, with a small head and rounded ears
- Canvas orientation
- Landscape for the pattern; portrait or square for the face
- Detail levels
- Painterly · Refined · Hyperreal
- Minimum order
- 1 piece — retail or trade
On the canvas
Painting a Bengal: what we pay attention to
A Bengal is painted for its pattern. The rosettes and spots are the cat’s fingerprint — the arrowheads on the shoulder, the horizontal flow along the sides, the mascara lines from the eyes, the spotted forehead — and we draw them from your photo at the sketch stage rather than from a breed idea. Each rosette is then painted as fur with a soft outer edge and a warmer centre, following the curve of the body.
The coat’s sheen is painted as light: a soft highlight along the top of each muscle where the light strikes, which reads as the glittered luminosity the breed is known for. Brown Bengals are kept warm, from a golden ground to near-black pattern; silvers are a cool grey with black; snows are pale creams with the pattern in soft browns and the eyes — blue, aqua or gold — painted as glass.
The head is small on a muscular body, with rounded ears and large eyes, and the expression is wild and alert. A full body standing or stalking on a landscape canvas shows the whole pattern; a three-quarter head-and-shoulders study shows the face and the mascara lines.
For the trade
Selling Bengal portraits?
Breed-specific portraits are a strong seller for Etsy shops, breed clubs, groomers and gift retailers. Order one at trade pricing, or a set for a shop or a single interior, shipped to you or your customer. The same policies apply to every trade account.
See the trade program| Policy | What we offer |
|---|---|
| Minimum order | 1 piece |
| Trade pricing | Applies from the first piece |
| Capacity | 50+ painters in the studio; volume orders in the thousands, not the dozens |
| Largest single piece | Up to 5 m on the longest side — freight is checked before we quote |
| Ship direct to your customer | Yes, worldwide |
| Branding on the parcel | Yours, ours or none — you tell us |
| Sample policy | Discounted first sample |
| Digital proof | Sent for approval before every shipment |
| Payment | Deposit + balance after proof approval |
| Price list | On request |
Recent work
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Every piece is painted by one painter through eight documented stages — see how we paint.
Bengal portrait FAQ
How do you paint the rosettes?
Each rosette is drawn from your photo at the sketch stage — owners know their cat's pattern — then painted as fur with a soft outer edge and a warmer centre, following the curve of the body. We do not tidy or invent them.
Can you paint the glitter?
The sheen is painted as a soft highlight along the top of each muscle where the light strikes; the "glitter" reads as the coat's luminosity rather than as speckles.
Do you paint snow and silver Bengals?
Yes. Snows are painted as a pale cream with the pattern in soft browns and the eyes — often blue or aqua — as glass; silvers as a cool grey with black pattern.
Do you paint from a phone photo?
Yes, as long as it is the original file rather than a screenshot or a photo of a photo. Sharp eyes and even light matter more than the camera. Send it and we will confirm whether it will work.
Can I order a single piece at trade pricing for a client?
Yes. Trade pricing starts from a single piece, and a project — a series for one interior, or a standing monthly order — is quoted the same way. Request the trade price list from the trade page.
Other cats we paint
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Send a photo of your Bengal and tell us the size you have in mind. We reply with a quote and tell you honestly whether the photo will work.
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