Golden Retriever Collage

I have been working on a digital portrait of a Golden Retriever. My client wanted me to incorporate several photos into one painting. As is turned out the photos nicely showed how this cutie went from being a puppy to a full-grown dog. All the backgrounds were made indistinguishable and I painted each individual portrait in the round. When creating a collage harmony and repetition create order and thereby draw the viewer in to take a look at each individual portrait. Below are some work in progress shots until you see