Tag Archives: cats

My Award, Your Win, “Allegro Moderato”

Awards were announced in the Cat Writers’ Association 2018 Communications Contest on Saturday, May 18, during the three-day conference in St. Louis. I didn’t get to go to the conference and missed not only the awards banquet but also the speakers and seminars, networking, meeting with editors and seeing all the other cat writers and […]

Featured Artwork: Suncatcher, 1989 ~ The Creative Cat

This sketch was among my four first pastels, painted in 1989. I remember studying the highlights on Allegro’s fur, and the light outside the window and on the wall, with the deep shadows. I’ve added it to my gallery of feline artwork. Read more on The Creative Cat: Featured Artwork: Suncatcher, 1989

Looking Out on “Spring”

"Spring", pastel, 12" x 24", 1998 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

Sally looks out over a blooming yard to a deep spring landscape of Western Pennsylvania. “Spring” is the first of a quartet of paintings I was commissioned to paint to fit into a handmade frame featuring each of the four seasons. My customer loved white cats, and wanted to feature a white cat in there […]

Kitties and Flowers Tiles

Peaches and Peonies and Garden Sketch With Mimi Tiles

A beautiful spring evening, a sunny summer morning in the garden, the first warm days are here and I’m ready for flowers. I made tiles out of some of my favorite feline artwork for you to enjoy, to use set down your iced tea or coffee, protect and decorate a countertop or hang on a […]

Commissioned Portrait Finished: Stained Glass Feline Family ~ The Creative Cat

When I finished adding all the little black outlines and stood back to get a good look at the whole painting, my heart skipped a beat. Read more about this unique custom portrait on The Creative Cat: Commissioned Portrait Finished: Stained Glass Feline Family ~ The Creative Cat

Bella! Feline Votives in Pink and Blue

Bella! You can’t miss those round eyes, curling tail and ebony black fur! I had the idea for Bella! and first used her on the tote bag, but knew I’d use her silhouette on many other things. As I sorted through my repurposed condiment jars with ideas for votives, I could picture her on these […]

Welcome Spring with a Spring Design, Two Garden Flags for $25.00

Garden Flag, Sophie Keeps an Eye on Things

“Sophie Keeps an Eye on Things”, from my window, and over my garden, and possibly yours! From all the designs I’d had printed years ago, this is the last garden flag design I have left, and I only have five of them. And here’s a special discount on these garden flags… $25.00 for Two Purchase […]

Buy 2 for $25.00 on Many Gift Items

The blue and green display including keepsake boxes, tiles, decorative dishes and votives.

Each item on my website has $5.00 added into the posted price to cover average shipping. But shipping two of most items often costs no more than shipping one. I always give a discount at in-person sales at shows and in my shop, and I try to offer discounts to customers who don’t live close […]

Featured Artwork: Sleeping Beauty, a Turning Point ~ The Creative Cat

Sleeping Beauty, pencil, 1987, 18" x 15" © B.E. Kazmarski

This sketch was the first time I looked at a scene, took in all the necessary details, visualized the finished work, and actually created what I had visualized on the paper, all because I loved my Sally and wanted to share that. Animals give us so much in everyday life, but my cats have given […]

If You Enjoy My Artwork, You’ll Enjoy My “Feline Style Sampler”

"Feline Style Sampler" cover and inside spread.

In autumn 2013 I created this little portfolio piece, Feline Style Sampler, sketches and portraits, to include in presentations to prospective illustration customers to both show a variety of styles of illustration and my ability to design a little book like this and have it printed and bound. I was very pleased with the way […]