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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Featured Artwork: Klepto Cat Book Cover No. 37, “Cats and Caboodle”
The cover for book 37 in the Klepto Cat Mystery Series would have lots of cats on the cover, cats
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Featured Artwork: The Perfect Camouflage
This was something I thought all cat companions could relate to, human and feline. Sophie really thought I couldn’t see
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August Featured Artwork and Desktop Calendar: Mimi in the Laundry Shade
I really don’t know why I didn’t feature this painting as a desktop calendar before now! I painted it in
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Featured Artwork: Klepto Cat Book Cover No. 36, “A Whisker of Truth”
A couple of new animals to paint in the next cover illustration—birds! Cover No. 36 had so many possibilities I
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Featured Artwork: “Mimi in the Formal Garden”, a Special Commission for CWA
I was very honored and excited when Deb Barnes, president of the Cat Writers’ Association, contacted me at the end
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A Great Rescue and Commissioned Portrait, and 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 and Photo From the Archives: Conversation With a Daisy, Photos and Finished Drawing
It’s daisy time, and July is also the time I remember Namir, so it’s time to feature this little sketch,
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July Featured Artwork and Desktop Calendar: Swirling Bath
Well, this wasn’t at all what I’d set out to do, but then I’d set out with kind of a
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Featured Artwork: Peaches and Peonies, a Moment of Inspiration in June
While Peaches appears in dozens of sketches and hundreds of photos, this is the painting that captures her, pretty, petite,
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