CATSTUFF Original Artwork, Prints, Individual Notecards and Mugs SETS OF NOTECARDS: "My Cats in the Sun" and "Kitties Being Kitties" BLOCK PRINTS: "Awakening" and "Tortie Girls" T-shirts, Tablecloths, Curtains and Mugs and more! Feline Photographs
	WILDLIFE Original Artwork, Prints, Individual Notecards and Mugs BLOCK PRINTS: Of Whales, Eagles and Leopards, prints, T-shirts and textiles
	BACKYARD BIRDS Original Artwork, Prints, Individual Notecards and Mugs Photographs
	OTHER CRITTERS Butterflies and bunnies in the backyard, and, oh, Buddy the Squirrel
	FLOWERS Not-so-wild-flowers, natives in the backyard habitat
	SEASONAL ARTWORK Small originals of local scenes--I've got new artwork here! Prints still available of "Birches II: Radiance"

COMMISSIONED PORTRAITS
I always work from photographs to create a portrait of an animal, usually compiling two or more (or a whole photo album of) photographs to accurately study and render the physical characteristics of the image which the commissioner desires. But a portrait, human or animal, is not just a picture of the subject's physical characteristics. An accurate portrait captures as much of the subject's emotional and spiritual traits as is possible, and this is true for animals as well as people. In animal portraiture, I endeavor to get to know the animal either by a face-to-face meeting or by interviewing the animal's human companion(s), then instilling as much of what I have gathered into the work as I can. To date I have completed over 100 portraits of cats and dogs whether individually, together, even with their human companions.

Prices are quoted per job, and include only the drawing (no mat or framing; this is extra, see below). Portraits start at $75.00 per subject for a black and white 8” x 10”, and $125.00 per subject for a color 8” x 10”; prices may increase according to size of work. Adding a background, extra objects (toys, etc.) and difficult coat patterns are extra according to their complexity. I reserve the right to limit the content according to the finished size so that the subjects don't become so small that details are impossible. I also reserve the right to refuse if I don't have adequate materials--I can only do so much with some photographs!

AND IF IT'S A SURPRISE, I'M GOOD AT KEEPING A SECRET! I can ship anywhere, and you can pick up at any reasonable time, even on a holiday.

GIFT CERTIFICATES
Especially if a portrait is a gift or a surprise, certificates are often the only way to go! The effort of trying to "steal" photos from the recipient for long enough for me to work with them can be impossible, and often the giver decides they'd rather let the recipient make the decisions for the portrait. The basic price for a portrait is $125.00, but I sell certificates for any denomination above $50.00. The certificate itself is a decorative 8.5" x 11" design on parchment and is packaged in a black portfolio folder with a brochure and letter from me welcoming the recipient to commission their portrait, all of which can be wrapped and given as a gift.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A DEMONSTRATION ON PORTRAITS, visit my main site and click on "Commissioned Cats", Commissioned Dogs" and "Portrait Demonstration".

SPECIFICALLY CATS
Prints, notecards and mugs are available with most of these images.

After Dinner Nap	A Warm Bath	A Rosy Glow
The Little Sunflower	White Cat Reflecting	Waiting for Mom
Sleeping Beauty	Suncatcher	Warm Winter Sun
Interior with Cat	Sunday Morning	Sunbath
Afternoon Nap	Winter Window	Are You Looking at Me?

Prints are still available!

“Are You Looking at Me?”
As a background on this print, this is the guy who started it all--and nearly the last one to have his portrait done! He fostered every stray kitten and cat I ever brought into my home, and shepherded me through the ups and downs of the fifteen years he was with me. More intelligent than many people I've met, friends of mine will remember him as the cat who opened the refrigerator door, took out a container, opened it, and helped himself to the contents. I've used his image in other works, but I've finally decided that the best depiction of his personality is of him being silly, rolling around in the sun and making sure I noticed how handsome he was. I call it a "classic portrait" because I chose to work it in the greatest detail I could manage, and it's rather large, 16" x 22". I have full-size and quarter-size prints of it as well as note cards. Mugs can be ordered, and I may actually have a few on hand for my open house.

SETS OF NOTECARDS
These are available individually and in sets of four packed in a bag, or sets of eight and twelve in clear-lid gift boxes. Both are printed blank inside and include matching envelopes.

MY CATS IN THE SUN Bright sun on anything will inspire me, especially when it's shining on one of my cats, reproduced from original pastel drawings of my cats doing what they do.
After Dinner Nap	A Warm Bath	A Rosy Glow	The Little Sunflower
KITTIES BEING KITTIES These pen and ink drawings are printed in black on natural recyclable cotton 80 lb. cover and are blank inside.
Pansy	Big Game Hunter	I Like Your Spots	They Miss You When You're Gone

"AWAKENING" AND "TORTIE GIRLS" AND OTHER BLOCK PRINT STUFF

Awakening

Quote reads: "'Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.'--Anatole France. Dedicated to my prince and princess and all those since who've awakened their part of my soul."

"Awakening" is inspired by my close companions Kublai and Sally who ran the household together for about 12 years and who actually slept curled like this. Aside from the fact that they were both loving, friendly and social, they were complete opposites in the way they expressed this love and were as different in temperament as they were in color and texture as the loose reference to yin and yang illustrates. In their own ways they nurtured about 30 foster cats of widely differing ages and social abilities, just as they nurtured me in the years they shared my life. ("Kublai" is somehow derived from the word for "prince" in Sanskrit, and "Sally" is derived from the word for "princess"--Sarah--in Hebrew.)

Available printed black only or with hand-colored border, print only, matted with circular mat, or matted and framed.

TORTIE GIRLS
I am unendingly inspired by my houseful of felines, especially those two tortoiseshell calicos.

FOR PRICES, SEE BELOW.

"The Goddess" Well, everyone knows a fat cat who knows she’s beautiful, and Cookie would tell you that a woman with a round shape was once most desirable and an object of worship.

"The Roundest Eyes" Sometimes when I look at Kelly the only feature I can distinguish in all those tortie markings is her extremely round eyes.

TORTIE GIRLS HAND-PRINTED AND HAND-PAINTED T-SHIRTS,
TABLECLOTHS AND PLACEMATS

I print the T-shirts by hand from a hand-cut linoleum block, leave a few printed only in black then and hand-paint a few others in bright colors with colorfast fabric dyes. Each shirt is unique. All shirts are 100% cotton, organic if I can get it, made in the USA.

The various textiles are printed on unbleached cotton muslin or fabric remnants that I liked when I visited the fabric store. I cut and fringe the placemats before printing, then print and leave some black and paint on others. The tablecloths and table scarves and other textiles are more random and each is different—sometimes square, sometimes round or oblong, scalloped or plain, depending on my interest and the scraps of fabric I've got.

Because of the nature of the medium, each print is unique and ink coverage is not always perfect. Most artists consider this random activity to be part of the process of creating an individualized print, and along with the hand-painting makes a unique wearable or usable work of art.

TORTIE GIRLS MUGS
Have the girls greet your morning on these dishwasher safe, 11 oz. stoneware mugs with the story of each one, above, printed on the back of the mug. These are not printed by me but by professionals who do these things much better. Mugs come with a white gift box.

KELLY'S MORNING BATH
Kelly gives herself a complete bath every morning after breakfast on the table in front of the window in my studio, her every move full of purpose and industry. This is one version, but I did two, one with a decorative border (which I keep forgetting to scan). They are available as print alone, matted or matted and framed.