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Scottish Wild Cat
This cat has fascinated me for many many years. Not much bigger than a domestic cat, but smarter, faster, stronger and simply ferocious, this amazing animal lives in the roughest parts of Scotland. Other cats related to the Scottish Wildcat used to live all over Europe. Now not too many of them are left. A…
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My best friend
Growing up, many little girls fall in love with horses. A few lucky ones actually get to be around horses and even fewer to have horses of their own. Acting out my own dream, I moved to Idaho when I was 18 years old, and by the time I was 21, I owned my own…
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Hat Killer
Nothing is more ferocious than a young house cat with a new toy. Here, Abby does her best to kill a soft woolen hat. This painting is sold and measures 11″ x 15″
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Iberian Lynx, rarest of cats
Using techniques I learned at Bev Jozwiak’s workshop, I decided to try a few paintings. This first one is the Iberian Lynx. I felt that it is an important cat to paint because there are so few of them and they are so beautiful. I figure the more people that know about this cat, the…
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Zio Matteo
I am of Italian heritage and I still have a lot of ties with the small town in Southern Italy, Sersale, where my grandfather was born. Last summer I read a blogger’s tale about an old man who lives in Sersale, named Matteo Torchia, who celebrated his 100th birthday in April of 2009. Link: http://emiliogrimaldi.blogspot.com/2009/04/zio-matteo-fa-centanni.html…