Featured Artwork: The Perfect Camouflage
This was something I thought all cat companions could relate to, human and feline. Sophie really thought I couldn’t see
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August Featured Artwork and Desktop Calendar: Mimi in the Laundry Shade
I really don’t know why I didn’t feature this painting as a desktop calendar before now! I painted it in
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Featured Artwork: “Mimi in the Formal Garden”, a Special Commission for CWA
I was very honored and excited when Deb Barnes, president of the Cat Writers’ Association, contacted me at the end
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A Great Rescue and Commissioned Portrait, and a Little Bit of Otherworldly Magic: I’ll Be Seeing You
CAN THE SUBJECT of a painting communicate through his image? One of the dearest stories from any of my portraits
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July Featured Artwork and Desktop Calendar: Swirling Bath
Well, this wasn’t at all what I’d set out to do, but then I’d set out with kind of a
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June Featured Artwork and Desktop Calendar: White Cat Reflecting
My white cat was endlessly inspiring to me, and I would need two lifetimes to recreate all the images of
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A Great Rescue and a Commissioned Portrait: Bandit Stole His Daddy’s Heart
SOMETIMES WE DON’T realize until years later that a series of odd circumstances has an intention beyond our control; often
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Commissioned Portrait: Oscar
What do you think Oscar thought about his portrait? He was such a character. His person told me they lost
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Commissioned Portrait: Pita
Sweet Pita, in all her photos she looked like a real character, rolling on her back, with bows on her
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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 aside from a
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