Illustration Friday: Sour

Never satisfied.

Illustration Friday: Homage III

An Homage To A Friend.

Although startled, cats the world over looked forward to a

skritching by those monster hands.

Illustration Friday: Choose

Book #44 Cat Headgear

Those cats are so FIERCE! And so this was another one page book. Print it onto a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper, fold, cut and re-fold, and enjoy this word snack. If you don't know how to do this see making one page books.

Day Olds -Sept 22 '07-Cottage Custom Mirror

Perhaps this is the busiest mirror I have ever made. A client wanted a mirror for a friend who loved her cottage, her dog and her two cats. I managed to get everything into the composition and the recipient loved it.

I made another cottage mirror once for a man who wanted me to show his dead dogs in the composition so I had them appear as angels hovering over the two friends as they sat in their Adirondack chairs. Again the chairs were very specific as were the types of dogs. The mirror became a focal point in their cottage decorating scheme I was told.

Made Fresh Today- Aug 31st '07 - fancy cats

Ye Cats of Olde

I promised a Carp Market vendor, and a mutual customer of ours who collects cat things, that I would have fresh cats for market tomorrow and I decided to pull this old design for them out of my bag of cat tricks. I like them. They've got real character. The size of the head seems to make all the difference in the cat's character, as does the tilt of the head, but these two are straight forward and direct. I am sure they're just waiting to be fed anytime now.


These were some of the original cats I used to make. I liked to contrast the colours and to put unnatural cat colours together, like the bright green and the confetti patterned cat on the far right. I rarely make this style now. Not sure why; guess I am always just looking for the thing I have never made before you know? But like I said, I am fond of these guys. I'll probably make a bunch now that I have made a couple.