Daily Sketch: Mewsette Watercolors, 2014
Who said black cats had to be painted in black? What a wonderful gift these silhouettes gave me, letting me
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Daily Sketch Reprise: Blue-Brown Cats, 2012
Mewsette gave Jelly Bean a very slow and thorough bath, just right for a sketch for me because they weren’t
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Daily Sketch Reprise: Four Cats A-Bathing, 2013
This was another iteration of the amazing cat pile on the kitchen table from today (2013). I wanted a loose
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Commissioned Portrait: Luigi
This portrait was a gift from the person who commissioned me to a friend of his, and was a really
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Daily Sketch Reprise: “Here in the Shadows”
June was (supposed to be) sunny, July is usually a little too sunny—and hot. But a shady corner next to
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Daily Sketch Reprise: Studio Guardians, the painting
Since I’ve been spending more time in my studio in the past few years, photos and sketches of my studio
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Commissioned Portrait: Minnie
Almost 20 years ago some little girls holding a basket of kittens knocked on the door. They said their father
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Commissioned Portrait: Corky, Hearing Dog
It’s now spring with sun-splashed green grass and leaves unfurling while the leathery leaves of rhododendrons are refreshed and shiny
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Daily Sketch: A Bath and a Nap in Pastel, 2013
A bonus with two sketches today! I was saturated in pastel all day and painted the one of Mimi bathing
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Commissioned Portrait: Zach and Alex, Two Spoiled Abys
I’ve had a few portraits that started out with one pose we absolutely positively loved after much work in choosing
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