Commissioned Portrait: Sunny and Ginger on a Southwestern Blanket, 1993
She wanted a portrait of their two ginger cats Sunny and Ginger and they loved Native American art (and had
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Featured Daily Sketch: Two Yellow Cats, 7/7/2012, Became a Greeting, Valentine and Sympathy Card
From 2012: “Even if it’s too hot to cuddle, I still love my sister.” That’s Jelly Bean and Mewsette enjoying
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A Little Bit of Otherworldly Magic: I’ll Be Seeing You
CAN THE SUBJECT of a painting communicate through his image? One of the dearest stories from any of my portraits
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Featured Artwork: “Orange Boy,” Pastel, 1993
This is an early pastel, and pretty small, an experiment in working loose, painted from a photoI took of a
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A Great Rescue and Two Commissioned Portraits: Sherman, The Cat of a Lifetime
IF YOU’LL ONLY BE ABLE to share your life with one cat, then finding a cat like Sherman is truly
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Commissioned Portrait: Winnie, 2025
Meet Winnie and Lambie, or one of her many Lambies, just giving you her best soft brown-eyed look. I love
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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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Featured Artwork: “Bath, Interrupted,” and What Mariposa Thought of Her Portrait
Yes, it’s my little butterfly Mariposa giving me that “I’ve so got you wrapped around my fluffy tail” expression as
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Featured Artwork: Portrait of Marley and Boo
This is Wednesday’s “Featured Artwork” post on Thursday. I had a new portrait (2025) to share but somehow I lost
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Featured Artwork: Calico Cat Mysteries Book 28, “Olivia’s Cat Cafe Caper”
Cats and books? No problem This cover went through a few ideas and has an interesting back story. I
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