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March 14, 2018 Bernadette

Commissioned Portrait: Family of Seven, in Pencil

A portrait of seven cats all in the same image, in a composition that makes sense for all of them

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Remembering the Four Housecats of the Apocalypse

Mewsette July 26, 2007 to June 11, 2023
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