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January Featured Artwork: Darling Clementine

January light is so beautiful, the sun still at a low angle streaming into windows and doors, the days often overcast and the brilliant warm yellow sunlight a respite, and this is what has Namir transfixed in the stream of sun that washes in the back door in winter—and probably

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The Story Behind the Image

You see my daily photos, sometimes several each day, all the time, and I often receive suggestions for how they could be used as greeting cards and merchandise. Much like I turn my daily sketches into merchandise, I listen to those suggestions and also keep my eyes open for daily

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The Artist’s Life: The Splendor of Autumn

Lately I’ve been sharing stories about how my cats have inspired me to create art, and usually this art has them as the subject or includes them somehow. But in this case my cats inspired me to other subjects and a new way of creating my art. I’ve also been

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The Artist’s Life: Selling Paintings of My Cats

People often ask me if it’s difficult to give up my paintings and sketches of my cats, especially after I’ve lost them. I always jokingly say I look for loving homes for my artwork just as I’ve always looked for loving homes for my rescued cats. I feel my paintings

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The Artist’s Life: The Inspiration of a Certain Black Kitty

It was something about the flowing curved shape he made as he swung around to begin washing his shoulder and hip, from his nose up over his forehead and around and over his back, and continuing around and around to the very tip of his tail. Of all the things

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Living Green With Pets: Art Cats

“No art project can begin until someone tastes the paint water.” Wise words from Kelly, who learned this from Cookie and fully embraced it, being second in line for any container of water I set aside or had on hand for any purpose. And for that reason, years ago I

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The Artist’s Life: Early Feline Influences and Memories

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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Favorite Daily Sketches Available on Etsy

You could say this is a People’s Choice Gallery! I appreciate the feedback and requests about my daily sketches on The Creative Cat. According to what you’ve asked I’ve expanded the gallery of daily sketches in my Etsy shop to include both framed originals and digital prints as well as

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The Artist’s Life: Still Inspiring

In the last two months Cookie was with me I suddenly had orders for the t-shirt and print with this image, both directly to me and from wholesale customers, even customized versions of them. I will always think of this as a great sendoff for her, this favorite image immortalizing

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Valentine Tabbies Note Cards: Sneak Preview

I had such fun today printing little note cards for Valentine’s Day I couldn’t wait to show them off! These two are from my series “Tabbies”, “Sunshine and Flowers” and “Let Me Clean You Up” and have always had a sweet and cuddly feel to me. I’d always printed these

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