Category Archives: Medium

Commissioned Portraits and a Video

Here’s the short video I created about my commissioned portraits. Our companion animals give us so much…my cats gave me my career as an artist. Back in the late 1980s my household of rescued cats inspired me to find my muse and I’ve been developing my skills and talent since then, painting them and many […]

Big Blue, and My 2016 Trip to Savannah

pastel wildlife painting great blue heron pond lily pads marsh

“Big Blue” is a pastel from one of my photos, one I’ve been wanting to paint for seven years, and I just finished it today. We have a rookery of great blue herons not far from me and I see them all the time flying overhead and fishing in the creek sometimes right in the […]

Nature & Wildlife Framed Original Artwork 25% Off

I always like to share my quarterly Nature & Wildlife newsletters after subscribers have had a chance to see it and all the offers have expired. This is my winter 2022-2023 Newsletter, and the main special is framed original artwork. Photographing and displaying my framed original artwork Unless you join me at an exhibit or […]

Commissioned Portrait: Coco

Coco’s family was local, and he was loved by the whole family. He wasn’t feeling well and knew his time was limited. Coco was owned by the mom and the brother and sister went together to commission this portrait for her. Read more about Coco’s portrait on The Creative Cat : Commissioned Portrait: Coco

Walk in the Woods, Especially in Autumn

“Walk in the Woods”—that’s not just an idea, that’s an imperative! Take the time, go and do it! I’m so glad I did. Time was running out for the amazing leaf color in October 2022, and I’d really wanted to take some time more than once when the leaves were at their prime to at […]

“Winter Sunset Abstract,” Custom Commissioned Painting

Winter Sunset Abstract framed and on the wall.

Another customer sent me a photo of her custom commissioned painting on the wall in her house, and this is one I haven’t shared here before. Winter Sunset Abstract is a pastel on matboard, which I use sometimes for larger paintings. This painting is 24″ x 32″, and with an ice blue mat it’s 32″ […]

25% Off Select Original Feline Artwork

Six original feline artwork paintings and five block prints are discounted 25% with discount code ORIGINALART25 through February 28, 2023. Why spend extra money on an original when a print looks nice enough? Looking at the original artwork that was done by hand is very different from looking at a print. I’m careful with preparing […]

“Light Into Darkness” Exhibit Submissions

The North Hills Art Center is hosting a themed exhibit, Light Into Darkness, to benefit local non-profit Veterans Leadership Program. I dropped off my artwork earlier this week. The opening is February 11, and if you’re local stop by for some wine and cheese and some really beautiful art from what I saw of the […]

Featured Artwork and February Desktop Calendar: Purple Cats, Red Blanket – The Creative Cat

Register for an account on Portraits of Animals and get a free matted print of “Purple Cats, Red Blanket” or choose from several other sketches, paintings or photos of cats and other subjects. Read more on The Creative Cat: Featured Artwork and February Desktop Calendar: Purple Cats, Red Blanket

February Nature Desktop Calendar: Winter Sunset, After Rothko

Desktop calendar, 1280 x 1024 for square and laptop monitors.

It’s actually the sunset reflected on the eastern horizon, but I guess it could be the western sky as well. It’s from memory, not from life or from a photo, but it’s something I visualized when I’d looked at the horizon at sunset out my back window, a clear cold cloudless sky and deep shadow […]