Years ago a patron of a gallery in Carnegie where I hung my artwork asked me to paint four images for a very special frame she had. It had been designed and handmade in wood by her father-in-law, long and narrow, and had four openings, each 12″ high by 24″
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Browse some rescued cats and kittens! All images used on this site are copyrighted to Bernadette E. Kazmarski unless otherwise noted and may not be used without my written permission. Please ask if you are interested in using one in a print or internet publication. If you are interested in
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This is the third and final article in the series of articles about my cats visiting me in a spiritual sense, a collective of individual instances through the years. Working in my office/studio one evening, I heard the door of my refrigerator open—you know how you recognize these everyday noises—and
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For the days prior to the Feast of All Hallowed, Samhain, the Day of the Dead and other celebrations of the dimming of the veil between this world and the next, I am sharing a few stories of visitations, the mysterious returns of my cats after they’d transitioned. None are
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It’s cheating just a little bit, but I’ve long wanted to highlight this painting. Today while I celebrate Sally is a good time since it was, in its time, a daily sketch. Years ago in order to encourage myself to break out of the rectangular shape and one brand of
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I still can’t believe I managed to take these photos after having my camera for only about a year. I laid on the floor watching the late afternoon sunlight fill Sally’s frothy fur, its texture and depth holding the light more than reflecting, and in the shadows showing the textures
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This is one of those “happily ever after” stories we promised you yesterday. We never knew Sally because she lived with our mom before the world began when we were born. But Cookie and Kelly remembered Sally—that’s how long ago it was! We can’t imagine a kitty who was
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I’m so excited—I sold a framed print of this painting to a friend who’s been trying to decide what she wanted, from my Fine Art America profile. This is especially touching for the subject of this painting. About Winter Window Kelly pauses in the stark pastel light of a winter
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When you are a “cat person”, it seems to begin with day one and work its way all through your life to the end, with cats intertwined with everything in between. Cleaning out, renovating and organizing my spare bedroom into my studio last year unearthed more works from my development
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Time to break the feline color trend with daily photos with a vintage photo from tortie or black—to pure white! This is my white cat, “pet quality” Angora, the wild woman Sally. She was deaf as a post and sweet as sugar as long as you weren’t trying to do
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