Category Archives: cat artwork

Featured Artwork and December Desktop Calendar: Waiting on Christmas Night – The Creative Cat

Mewsette often sits in the window and waits for me, but years ago, when I had the candles in the window for the holidays, she was always the one who was waiting for me when I came home after vendor shows or holiday activities. I put together years of photos of her to create this […]

“Scratch Your Claws Here” Mats for People and Cats

Received the mats today! They were cat tested as soon as I put it on the floor in front of me after unwrapping. My cat Frankie the Siamese first sniffed it and within half a minute he was scratching with his butt in the air just like Mimi and the picture on the mat! (Also […]

Upcoming Events: Carnegie Holiday Market November 21

Carnegie Holiday Market Sunday, November 21, 2021, Noon to 3:00 p.m. And, yes, it’s still outdoors! I’m a cold-weather fan and I’m looking forward to this event. It will be just like the summer farmers markets with many of the same vendors. Let’s hope we don’t have a snowstorm that weekend! I’ll have all the […]

Featured Artwork and November Desktop Calendar: Best Friends

That’s what I had to say in the early 90s when I painted this and also set up my portfolio album. This painting of “my first feral” Moses and Fawn from “my first litter” is one of my first paintings after I’d moved to this house and started building my portfolio toward offering commissioned […]

Upcoming Event: Cat Celebration at PetPeople Green Tree

Cat Celebration Day Saturday, October 16, 2021, Noon to 3:00 p.m. We’re celebrating all things cat on Global Cat Day, also Feral Cat Day! PetPeople Green Tree, 1948 Greentree Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15220 I’ll have just a table space to display so I’ve carefully chosen what I’ll have with me. I made a collage of […]

New Design: Only Good Luck Black Cats Garden Flag

“Only Good Luck!” is a design I put together on Friday the 13th of September 2019. “Full moon, black cats and Friday the 13th all come together for good luck! I decided to make a little graphic with a photo of Mimi and The Four Housecats of the Apocalypse and one of my Harvest Moon […]

Upcoming Events: Fall Festival, Farmers Market, and Open House

Carnegie Fall Festival Saturday, September 25, 2021, 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. A community festival on Main Street, and I’ll be set up with the usual wares plus some special photos and prints of paintings of Carnegie. Last Carnegie Farmers Market of the Season Sunday, September 26, 2021, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Because the […]

Certificates of Excellence in CWA 2020 Communications Contest

My works have won nine Certificates of Excellence in the Cat Writers’ Association 2020 Communications Contest this year, a mix of essays and articles about cat health, behavior, advocacy and artwork, along with commissioned artwork and portraits, and several photos. I can’t believe it’s taken me six weeks to share the news! Read about the […]

September Carnegie Farmers Market Sundays, 12 and 26

Carnegie Farmers Market Sundays! September: Sunday, September 12 and 26, 2021 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Carnegie Farmer’s Market on Sundays has a new time for September! Because the Steelers will be playing on Sundays at 1:00 and all life needs to stop, we are starting an hour early, at 11:00 a.m. We have […]

“Scratch Your Claws Here” Doormats, or Cat Mats

As you see demonstrated above, Mariposa has a good scratch and poses purrfectly for the camera. I had them on display during my open house, and Mariposa tested and found them good as well as the Brothers Three. This is another project I’ve been waiting to see come to fruition—my own black cat silhouette doormats. […]