Cats!!!

Two friends commissioned me to paint a wonderful wedding present for friends of theirs that just got married, of the newly wed’s two cats.
Too precious!

Thanks Leah and Josh!

Pet Pins

Along with the portraits I completed this holiday season, I also had a number of custom pet pins. These pictures aren’t great but they will have to do, since the pins are no longer in my possession.

It’s that time of year again….

Handsome Portraits!
Handsome Portraits!
Handsome Portraits!

Catssss!!!

My friend Tessa requested a painting of her BF’s family’s cats who have all recently passed. While the circumstances surrounding this painting are very sad, I was honored and excited to be asked to paint not 1 but 3 cats!! I took some cues from Mimi Vang Olsen and was a bit more playful with the composition, so as to show off the cat’s personalities.
Thanks Tess and Jeremiah!

Mimi Vang Olsen

I was looking at Fanny B.’s blog this morning and was so excited to see her post on cat portraits by Mimi Vang Olsen. Last summer I was wandering around the West Village and stumbled upon her pet painting studio/store front. How amazing is it to have almost an entire business dedicated to painting cats?!? (She paints dogs as well). I can only hope that one day I can follow in her foot steps.
I love the refined folkiness of her paintings, as well as her use of patterns and decorative elements. Overall, just sooooo good.