Four colors, four portraits
Blenheim (chestnut-and-white) is the most painted historically and reads cleanest in Tudor and Library — chestnut against deep wood tones. Tricolor catches Garden palettes beautifully. Ruby (solid chestnut) becomes a single warm subject against any pale ground. Black-and-tan reads as deep graphic contrast in Duchess. We tune the surrounding palette to whichever color your dog wears.
The ears do half the work
Long feathered ears falling past the jawline are a Cavalier signature and a portraitist's gift — they frame the face, catch light along the feathering, and give the composition a natural downward sweep. We preserve ear length and feathering precisely. Library and Tudor lean into this, letting the ears merge softly with the surrounding tone.
Where the breed lands hardest
Tudor was practically the breed's first portrait style. Duchess holds the gentle royal bearing without overplaying it. Garden suits the spaniel-hunter origins (Cavaliers were bred as toy spaniels but kept the working spaniel disposition). Library is the everyday choice — a dignified dog in a dignified room.