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Daily Photo: Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?

December 31, 2019January 1, 2020 Bernadette 0 Comments art cats, black cat, black cats, cat photographs, cat photography, cat photos, cats, catsin memory, feline photographs, orange cats, pet photography, pets, shop cats, studio cats

Bella leaped up to the top of the new scratching tower, and while she loves to observe the room and

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Vintage Photo: Late Autumn, 1987

December 1, 2019 Bernadette 2 Comments cat photographs, cat photography, cat photos, cats, feline photographs, orange cat, orange cats, pet photography, pets, photography

So I disturbed his sunbath, and Allegro was probably wondering why his human is lying on her belly on the

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Featured Artwork: Suncatcher, 1989

May 16, 2019 Bernadette 1 Comment cat art, cat artwork, cat sketches, cats

This sketch was among my four first pastels, painted in 1989. I remember studying the highlights on Allegro’s fur, and

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Allegro’s Garden

April 7, 2019 Bernadette 2 Comments essay, garden, memories, pet loss

The crocuses have finished and now it’s time for the color show of the yellow daffodils and blue squills; a

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Certificates of Excellence for Artwork in the 2018 CWA Communications Contest

March 19, 2019 Bernadette 2 Comments black cat, cat art, cat artwork, cat sketches, commissioned portrait, feline artwork, pastel portrait, pastel sketch of cat, pet portraits, rescued cats, tortoiseshell cats

I have more news about my Certificates of Excellence in the CWA Communications Contest so I’m holding on my rescue

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Vintage Photo: Dinnertime for Nine, 1994

March 3, 2019 Bernadette 0 Comments black cat, cats, cats eating, nine cats, pictures of cats, tabby cat, tortoiseshell cat, white cat

My entire household of nine resident cats—and one is just out of range of this photo but you’ll see her

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Daily Sketch Reprise: Winter Sunbath

November 16, 2018November 21, 2018 Bernadette 0 Comments cat art, cat artwork, cat sketches, cats, cats in the sun, orange and white cat

Technically this image isn’t a “daily sketch” because it wasn’t part of the original series, but I did paint this

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The Artist’s Life: The Splendor of Autumn

October 7, 2018 Bernadette 2 Comments landscape art, life changes, pet loss, pet loss grief

I looked up at the clouds and thought, “They look just like those clouds… .” I posted the first draft

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October Featured Artwork and Desktop Calendar: “Allegro Moderato”

October 4, 2018October 5, 2018 Bernadette 5 Comments cat and piano, cat art, cat artwork, cat desktop wallpaper, cat desktop wallpaper computer, cats, cats and music, cats and pianos, ginger cats, monthly desktop calendar, orange cats

Some paintings wait decades to be painted, and when they have their chance they press on until they are fully

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The Cats in My Garden

April 15, 2018July 16, 2018 Bernadette 1 Comment essay, garden, memories, pet loss

Years ago, while I was still working in my day job, I also did a fair amount of freelancing in

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