The Artist’s Life: Influenced by Steinlen
Happy Birthday, Théophile Steinlein, painter, illustrator and Art Nouveau printmaker who helped set the standard for poster design and has
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The Artist’s Life: About Linoleum Block Printing
I’ve written up some basic information about block printing because people ask me to explain so often, and others are
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The Artist’s Life: The Importance of My Own Designs
“OMG OMG it worked! I made a cat-shaped cookie cutter from one of my sketches but not for cookies–these are
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Happy Tenth Anniversary, “The Creative Cat”
Wow, ten years have flown by since I made my first post on The Creative Cat on January 28, 2009.
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The Artist’s Life: The Splendor of Autumn
I looked up at the clouds and thought, “They look just like those clouds… .” I posted the first draft
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The Feline Therapist
In the studio I turned around to see three black cats lazing about in the sun on the landing, and
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Returning to an Old Project
“…what a creative inspiration he was for me as a painter and writer and photographer, even as a designer of
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The Artist’s Life: Sunday Morning
A Formerly Feral Kitty Finds Her Place: Sunday Morning Moses made it back upstairs after breakfast before I had a
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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
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The Artist’s Life: A Patreon Page For My Writing
So…what’s a Patreon? Well, it’s a crowdfunding page for creative people to be able to source income for creative projects,
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