July Featured Artwork and Desktop Calendar: Lazy Saturday Afternoon
Who said black cats had to be black? I’ve been wanting to share this watercolor from 2012—I painted it in
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cat sketches
Commissioned Portrait: Scout
Scout’s portrait is a very early one, from 1994. She was a pedigreed Persian cat, one of the original three
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From the Archives: Peaches and Peonies, June 5, 2006
It was on June 5, 2006 that I took the reference photos for this painting, when the angle of the
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June Featured Artwork and Desktop Calendar: Mimi in the Formal Garden
I was very honored and excited when Deb Barnes, president of the Cat Writers’ Association, contacted me at the end
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Featured Artwork: “They Miss You When You’re Gone”
Years ago the owner of the veterinary hospital I used suggested he’d like to have customized sympathy cards. The project
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May Featured Artwork and Desktop Calendar: Morning at the Window
Mr. Sunshine and Mimi positioned themselves to sit behind the thin screen of winter geraniums and dwindling houseplants to watch
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Featured Artwork: “World Cat” for Earth Day
I sketched this on September 2, 2012, and on that day that I couldn’t sit down in my studio because
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Healing, Now and For the Future
I started this essay as a post on Instagram with the photo, but as I began to write it I
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April Featured Artwork and Desktop Calendar: Grape Jelly Bean
In oil pastel, but predating “Cats After van Gogh”, this was officially the first oil pastel of all my daily
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The Artist’s Life: Grateful for a Busy Week
I am most grateful for the artwork that will be heading for new homes in the coming week or two,
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