Featured Artwork: “A Nap on the Feed Sacks,” Watercolor, 1994
Twenty years ago when I was still experimenting with other media than pencil and pastel, with which I felt most
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cat painting
Featured Artwork: It’s Basil! Because I Missed Him So Much
I couldn’t find the photo. I just wanted to run my fingers through his belly fur one more time. So
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A Great Rescue and Portrait By Choice: Holly on the Rocker
A LITTLE WHITE LIE is sometimes what it takes to save an animal from a bad situation. Well, that and
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Commissioned Portrait: Bandit
Yes, I do paint portraits of dogs! Bandit was commissioned by my childhood nextdoor neighbor for her brother for Christmas.
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Commissioned Portrait: Bailey, and Last-minute Gift Certificates
I painted this memorial portrait of Bailey just before Christmas last year. His caretaker’s daughter commissioned the portrait for her
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Commissioned Father’s Day Portrait: Keith, Seuss and Munchkin
This portrait was a total Father’s Day surprise for Keith from his wife Norma and children, and it was so
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Commissioned Portrait: Brothers, Paladin and Percy
Earlier this year an old friend commissioned me to paint a portrait of her cousin’s two cats, Paladin and Percy.
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Commissioned Portrait: Brody, a Close-up
Usually individual cat portraits include the entire cat, but in Brody’s case he was a big cat. His person’s husband
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From the Archives: Peaches and Peonies, June 5, 2006
It was on June 5, 2006 that I took the reference photos for this painting, when the angle of the
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Commissioned Portrait: Baldie
Baldie was among my first year’s portraits back in 1992-1993. I met his people at a cat show, the second
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