Category Archives: cat artwork

Giuseppe Resting, Original Charcoal Sketch

Not all original works are big pastels. I have a number of smaller sketches in charcoal and pencil, and I often like to leave a bit of a sketch unfinished or rough just to contrast with the detailed areas. So Giuseppe rests all the time, why draw him now? Just because he looked so velvety […]

An Exciting Birthday Wish ~ The Creative Cat

The Cat Museum of San Francisco shared my art and wished me a happy birthday! Read more: An Exciting Birthday Wish ~ The Creative Cat

March Featured Artwork and Desktop Calendar: Mewsette in Sun ~ The Creative Cat

Download your free desktop calendar with this image, and register for an account on this website to order a free print of this or other images in the set. Read more on The Creative Cat: March Featured Artwork and Desktop Calendar: Mewsette in Sun ~ The Creative Cat

Featured Artwork: Warm Winter Sun ~ The Creative Cat

“Warm Winter Sun”, oil pastel, 2000, 10″ x 8 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

Namir is in that blissful feline “don’t bother me while I’m in my sun puddle” state, which is exactly what I wanted to capture. This painting is in oil pastel, and painted in 2000, my first successful oil pastel painting. One thing that marks this painting as being a part of my personal portfolio is […]

Marketplace: Bella and Her Foster Friends Tote Bags! ~ The Creative Cat

I know that not all kitties are black so Bella’s friends are white with bright blue eyes, gray with blue-green eyes like Bella’s, and ginger with bright green eyes. Each bag is hand-printed and hand-embellished, and all work is supurrvised by my feline quality control team! Read more on The Creative Cat: Marketplace: Bella and […]

The Magic of a “Snowy Morning” ~ The Creative Cat

"Snowy Morning", watercolor, 5.5" x 8.75" © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

Because we awoke to a good snow this morning… This sketch is from January 2015, inspired by Bella watching a snow flurry. Without someone to rescue her she’d be out there, she might be trying to feed herself and kittens like Mimi did, she might not even have survived, instead of sitting safe inside a […]

Add Bright Color With “Big Nap” Decorative Dishes

Jelly Bean’s roundness is a little exaggerated but it really was a big nap. Another one of the feline shapes I love. “Big Nap” decorative dishes are based on one of my brush pen sketches, each one handmade, hand painted and unique, reflecting my influences from Japanese brush pen art, Theophile Steinlen, and Andy Warhol. […]

My Cats in the Sun Feline Votive

These four images are four early paintings inspired by my cats enjoying a spot of sun with a nap or a bath. They date from the early to mid-90s when I was working hard to refine my skills with pastel, with color, with shape and even the strokes in my paintings. I felt I really […]

A Great Rescue and a Commissioned Portrait: Bandit Stole His Daddy’s Heart ~ The Creative Cat

SOMETIMES WE DON’T realize until years later that a series of odd circumstances has an intention beyond our control; often this involves the entry of one of our most cherished animal companions into the sphere of our life, and our entry into theirs. Bandit was one of the rescued cats featured in Great Rescues Day […]

Warm Spots on the Coldest Days, Winter Sunbath

Late Winter Sunbath, pastel, 6.5 x 9.5 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

I’d always wanted to paint this photo of my orange boy, Allegro. I took the photo in 1993 or 1994 and painted it in 2017, and it was on my mind all that time. I wanted not so much to paint a portrait of Allegro as I wanted to capture that moment that was so […]