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Buddy and Tibbie, Related Through Time

In the early 90s I painted a portrait of an 18-year-old Himalayan cat with an attitude, Tibbie, below, and in 2009 finished this portrait of “Buddy”, above, for the same couple. Their pets had been their children, and while there had been other cats and dogs these two were singled

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Featured Artwork: Peaches and Peonies

Today is officially Peaches’ birthday, and while she appears in dozens of sketches and hundreds of photos, this is the painting that captures her, pretty, petite, unassuming, a creature of feline habit in her adopted home after she’d spent a lifetime with someone else, perfectly relaxed and assured that she

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From the Easel to the Wall, and On

Landcapes 2, Cats 6—I’d say the cats are winning my attention as art subjects, at least during the late winter/early spring months, after the snow and before the flowers, judging by what’s clipped to my easel at the moment. I do actually have one more landscape that was too big

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Daily Sketch Reprise: Kelly in Warm Colors

I’ve been looking forward to sharing this sketch again. It is a sweet memory, and still one of my favorites, and one through which I still feel a deep bond with Kelly. Because I always hope she feels the warmth of love. I hadn’t set out to do quite this,

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Mother’s and Father’s Day Specials

Did your parents pass on to you a love of animals? Did they decide one day you needed an animal companion of your own, starting you on a lifelong path of sharing your days with cats and dogs and birds and bunnies and ferrets and any other animal that came

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A Very Special Mother’s Day in 2006

Several years ago, a couple who had each had me paint portraits of their cats Dusty and DeVille as gifts for each other decided they wanted to give her mother a portrait of her mother’s dog and two cats as a Mother’s Day gift. They all shared the same love

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Commissioned Portraits: How I Actually Put One Together

I’ve discussed plenty of portraits here but for the most part you’ve only seen finished works, and not seen how I actually put a portrait together, start to finish. I had prepared the presentation of this portrait, painted in 1998, for my original website and it’s a good example of

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Commissioned Portrait: Lassie

The two main reasons I decided to go ahead and start pet blogging was to give myself another place to share my writing, and an easier, more interactive way to share my artwork, especially commissioned portraits. I was working on Lassie’s portrait when I initiated The Creative Cat, so she

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Bandit Stole His Daddy’s Heart

For this week’s rescue story and featured artwork I’ve saved the story of Bandit for Valentine’s Day, as it truly is a story of love at first sight between a man and a cat. Bandit’s story from Great Rescues: Bandit’s dad arrived home early from vacation and decided to visit

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Daily Sketch: Mimi at the Morning Window

This was intended to be something somewhat different, but here it is as what you see. In the bright morning light, shadows are deep and long, highlights are brilliant. I had begun on black paper so that I could have the solid nature of the deep shadows and Mimi’s silhouette,

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