Commissioned Portrait: Holly on the Rocker, a Portrait I Couldn’t Resist
Holly is a congenial little calico who greets you at the door and knows she’s the center of attention. On
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March Featured Artwork and Desktop Calendar
The soft mixed pastels of this watercolor sketch welcome spring for me, and I hope they do for you as
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Commissioned Portrait: Lassie
The two main reasons I decided to go ahead and start pet blogging was to give myself another place to
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Featured Artwork: Conversation With a Daisy
I call pencil “my first and favorite medium”. My mother was a newspaper crossword puzzle fan and I’ve been sketching
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Bandit Stole His Daddy’s Heart
For this week’s rescue story and featured artwork I’ve saved the story of Bandit for Valentine’s Day, as it truly
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A Sweet Rescued Kitty, “A Wonderful Gift”
I received news last week that we lost the subject of this portrait. What she meant to her person was
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January Featured Artwork: Darling Clementine
January light is so beautiful, the sun still at a low angle streaming into windows and doors, the days often
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December Desktop Calendar: Sophie Gets a Look at Herself
I have one holiday cat painting, and this is it, but it’s a natural for this month’s desktop calendar. The
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November Desktop Calendar: Kelly With Grapes and Apple
I’ve been waiting for this one to come around—when I sketched this back in May I thought it would make
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Portrait: Sophie and Ellie, Being Very Good
This portrait of two best friends is very autumnal in tone, and I always think of it as being an
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