Category Archives: cat artwork

New Feline Keepsake Boxes

It’s been another few creative days in the studio with my Creative Cats! A stack of blank keepsake boxes were calling my name and asking to be decorated. They are all different sizes and shapes and I divided the group between feline themes and flower themes. Here are those feline inspirations! I choose a variety […]

Commissioned Portrait: Henry, in Two Styles

I was commissioned to do a portrait of a beloved family and community cat for the holidays—twice. Often I’ll make prints of a portrait to share with family and friends of the original recipient, but in this case my commissioner wanted to give one portrait to Henry’s family, and also have one for herself. She […]

Colorful Kitties Print or Note Cards

The original artwork for "Colorful Kitties".

This note card was designed from one of my daily sketches and just lends itself to a variety of themes—friendship, thank you, thinking of you, even an invitation to an event. This card is 5.5″ x 4.25″ and printed on 100# acid-free uncoated cover stock, blank inside. They come with 70 lb. opaque acid-free envelopes […]

Back to Front Clay Pendant

This small pendant is made of air-dry clay with a print of my sketch “Back to Front” impressed in the clay and finished with a gloss varnish. I have three different shapes with a little variation in size from 1″ to 1.5″, and comes with three choices of cord. Pendant style and cord style are […]

Brighten Up That Dreary Winter Garden

I love the earth tones of winter, all the living things lying in wait for warmer temperatures and longer days, but even with that I like to add some color to my front yard. From my “Cats After van Gogh” series of oil pastel sketches, this garden flag has “Two Cats After van Gogh” on […]

February Feline Art and Desktop Calendar: “Darling Clementine”

To be perfectly honest, I featured this painting as a monthly desktop calendar in January 2013. I’ve been thinking a lot about Namir lately and the time when I painted this watercolor. I decided that if you saw and downloaded this desktop calendar four years ago and still remember it, you probably like it, and […]

#30PaintingsIn30Days Review, #30in30

January 2017 30 Paintings in 30 Days Gallery

Well, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to do a painting for each of the 30 days, but I did 14 new paintings, and they were 14 ideas I’d been wanting to paint for a while, so I consider that a success, for me. I had five more planned, but things get in […]

Tiffany and Rags, #30in30, Day 18

The painting for "Merriment, Mayhem and Meows".

This is a little confusing for me because I’m skipping book number 20 in this series, and this is the cover for book number 21. I’m counting the cover painting I did as part of my “30 Paintings in 30 Days” painting, for day 18, so up we go with these two kitties and their […]

Studio Morning Shift, #30in30, Day 15

"Studio Morning Shift", detail © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

I am participating in Leslie Saeta’s annual “30 in 30” painting challenge this month. This is my painting for day 15, and it’s the first cat sketch I’ve done. I painted a number of portraits over the holidays so I moved to landscapes and other subjects first. I actually had a different image planned for […]

A Small and Simple Portrait, “Chloe”

"Chloe", charcoal and pastel, 5 x 7 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

This portrait is a break from the usual larger, full-color and highly detailed portraits, just to share a little moment and focus on the expression, the face, the most-remembered part of just about any creature we love, human or animal. I had a number of photos, but none were close-up enough but this pose, though […]