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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pastel painting
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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Commissioned Portrait: Oscar
Meet Oscar! I just delivered this portrait to his people today, a couple who have volunteered and fostered for shelters
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Commissioned Portrait: Sheena, Casey, Madison, Apollo and Ginger
Meet a family of dogs over time, the five dogs this couple has shared and loved. I did get to
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Commissioned Portrait: Herbie
This portrait is just a small thing but dear to me. Herbie was a long-lived cat and we had a
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A Great Rescue and a Commissioned Portrait: “Felix”, Big Kitty Love
SOMETIMES PEOPLE START with purebred cats because it’s what they learned when young, or they met a cat—or dog or
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Commissioned Portrait: Mozart
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of painting Mozart’s portrait. This portrait was painted through a portrait certificate given
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