30 in 30 Pet Portaits
Beginning in the summer of 2010, Kat committed herself to a painting-a-day series she called “30 Dogs in 30 Days”.
Classes
I teach six-week workshops for adults, three times a year, on Saturday mornings from 9:30-noon.
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Blog
- March 31, Oliver the Guinea Pig! March, 2026I had a request for just One more critter for the month, and because Beth has been a fantastic patron and because she sent SUCH a cute photo of her Oliver, here he is!I LOVE those little toesies!!!!6x6 acrylic on woodsold!
- March 30, Sargent Hunter Hartmann March, 2026I just got back from my week up at the Art Colony- I'll start posting those paintings this week, actually...And Michelle was with me up there- she has been a part of this amazing cohort of women artists who annually work at the Art Colony together. We were begun as a group gathered through artist […]
- March 29, Daisy's Cat in the SInk March, 2026This is my friend's daughter's cat, in her sink, quite conveniently waiting for anyone wanting to wash their hands or brush their teeth... she's got such gorgeous fluff! I'm sure she left some fluff around to make it interesting...6x6 acrylic on woodgifted!
- march 28, The Roosevelt Pigeons for Principal Ledesma March, 2026Max is a junior at Roosevelt High School, which is also 3 blocks away and contains a multitude of simply amazing, generous, thoughtful, considerate and kind humans including the legendary Principal Ledesma, who somehow manages to do his job and be everywhere at once! He is at games, plays, choir recitals, picnics, breakfasts, and he's […]
- March 27, Smokey~ March, 2026Here is Smokey, from Christine for Anja's birthday, with a story about Smokey written by Anja~"Smokey, a 21-year-old Chartreux with a dense blue-grey coat, golden eyes, and a calm that never left her. An angel who followed one like a loyal shadow through the highs and lows of life together, always appearing at one's side, […]
- March 26, Izzy for Jesse! March, 2026And this is Izzy, who was Jesse's cat when my friend Lissa met him, and so this story is in her words- and they are the lovely people who found and raised our Pipin for us! Excellent cat fosters!"Izzy was Jesse’s cat before I met him. When I came into the picture, he would wake […]
- March 25, Max's Marvelous Mustachios March, 2026I did have a scheduled creature for today but I haven't gotten the photos yet so I'm jumping ahead to this one, which is actually a photo I took of my sister's giant cat Max, who is a huge personality, and i loved his whiskers in this! It is a large painting, 24x24 so the […]
- March 24, Miko for Chloe March, 2026I'm up in Grand Marais at the Art Colony painting for a week- glad I have some cats to concentrate on because, as usual, I'm all over the place and not sure what I really want to paint, and I have a new passport and want to go up to Canada since I haven't been […]
- March 23 OZZY! March, 2026Wahoo! This is the boneless Ozzy (Meet Oz (Ozzy, Oswald, Bubbas, Ozzybear)) for Madeline, sent by her mom, my friend Vera!This just seemed SUCH a regal pose, with that upheld head and the eyes raised... i just had to paint this one! SO many great photos!And so many incredible cats- I enjoyed working to get […]
- March 22, Beatrice March, 2026And this is Beatrice~ I love those older grama names... as a teacher for 30 plus years, I've had students with nearly every possible name and it is always fun when I hear a name and think "Wow! I haven't taught anyone named that yet!"- recently Stuart is a name I haven't taught, as well as […]