I couldn’t resist the challenge of painting this pretty little tabby cat sitting on a hot pink sofa with the light shining in her fur. This is the smallest painting I’ve done, it’s only 5×5 inches and painted in oils.

She was quite a challenge but it was fun to see if I could do it at such a small size!

New this year is The Painted Cat 2011 Wall Calendar! Now you can get your feline fix all through the year with 12 different cats to add colour and feline fun to each month. The calendar is A4, 8 x 11 inches in size. There are 12 pages, 1 page per month, each featuring one of my cat paintings, as well as a cover and a back. It’s wire bound so it’s easy to hang on the wall and change the pages.

The paintings included are Hot Spot, Sugar Plum Fairies, Java, Mother’s Day, In The Pink, The Fishpond, Alice, Sunbathing, Doing The Washing Up, Favourite Toy, Lunchtime and The Carol Singers.

You can see all the pages in more detail, just visit me on flickr and have a look at the calendar’s flickr album.

Buy a 2011 Wall Calendar in the shop. Both UK and USA versions are available.

A new card called The Carol Singers. Three cats, a Siamese, a black cat and a tabby are  carol singing on a snowy Christmas night. They are singing ‘We Three Kings’ of course, what else? Obviously the Siamese is the lead singer! ;-)

Find it in The Painted Cat’s shop…

These are the paintings that’ll be  In The Society Of Feline Artists Show.

see the album

This is Leo. I loved the way she was sitting in the sun enjoying the warmth in her fur. The light was wonderful and a real challenge to paint! I couldn’t resist! This is a 10×12 inch oil painting which will be in the Society Of feline Artists show in September.

Leonora enjoying the sunshine.  I loved doing this painting, the colours in her coat and the background and the strong light, all seemed to come together in this portrait of Leo.