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Charcoal Dusk

From my Christmas Day walk in 2013, sketched en plein air, the trail with a dusting of snow but mostly light from the moon behind the heavy overcast sky in contrast with the dense charcoal of the trees along side and on a hill beyond. This was the first time I’d used toned paper while […]

Sparkling Gems in January

Sparkling Gems, pastel on Strathmore charcoal. pastel paper, 12 x 16 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

The reference photo for this painting was taken on a bright January day with lots of snow cover, and waited about five years to be painted. The mallards were floating on Chartiers Creek where it flows under Main Street on my walk to the bank and post office. The water is shallow there, and with […]

January Geraniums, They’re Ready for Spring

Every autumn I move my geraniums into the corner of my basement. After resting for a month or two, perhaps responding to the lengthening days, they always bloom in mid-January and their variety of pinks is always welcome at a time of year when flowers are in short supply. I tucked the blossoms into my […]

Mr. Sunshine Dishtowels to Help His Surgery Costs!

Mr. Sunshine is featured in these two designs, towels are $10.00 each and will help to pay his surgery costs. I purchase the 20″ x 26″ Tekla dishtowels at IKEA and imprint the sketches of my fine felines interacting with my dishtowels with a fabric transfer trimmed down to the image. The towels also have […]

Featured Artwork: “They Miss You When You’re Gone”

They Miss You When You're Gone, colored pencil on coquille, 5 x 7, 1989 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

Years ago the owner of the veterinary hospital I used suggested he’d like to have customized sympathy cards. The project never came to be but I kept the ink and monochrome drawings I did in working out ideas for those cards and printed my own first set of note cards in 1992 (more about those […]

Featured Artwork: “Mimi in the Formal Garden”, a Special Commission for CWA ~ The Creative Cat

I was very honored and excited when Deb Barnes, president of the Cat Writers’ Association, contacted me at the end of March with a very special commission. She wanted to know if I could create the artwork for the thank you note that would be given by the organization to the many sponsors, donors and […]

Celebrating Earth Day in Home and Business

From refinishing picture frames from thrift shops and yard sales to votives made from non-recyclable glass jars, to scraps of paper and unrecyclable blister packaging used in place of packing peanuts in my packages, I sincerely try to make something new and beautiful of, or at least get one more use out of, something before […]

Happy American Thanksgiving!

Or you could paint the cat on the table. I am thankful for every frightened cat who finally finds a place of comfort in my home. On our American Thanksgiving I am grateful for my ability to see inspiration just about everywhere I look, and something beautiful in everything I see, and to be able […]

July Featured Artwork and Desktop Calendar: A Warm Bath

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

You’ve seen other works featuring Sally, but this was one of the first. Just after I’d painted Stanley in “After Dinner Nap” I felt I’d arrived at a style and a level of ability and began painting at a furious pace, both my cats and landscapes. This was the year after I’d lost Kublai, and […]