Now a Member of the Society of Animal Artists

Posted on May 2, 2015 by admin

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve just been accepted as an Associate Member of the Society of Animal Artists. The SAA is a highly respected art organization and it’s an honor to be able to say that I’m a member. My next goal is to get a piece of art in the annual show. I’ll give it my first shot in 2016. It’s always a very competitive show featuring the best works by incredibly talented artists. I have my work cut out for me!

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Women Artists of the West – On-line Show

Posted on April 24, 2015 by admin

Three of my scratchboard drawings are in the WAOW “Bouquets and Spring Babies” on-line show which continues through June 1st. Click on the image below to see the show. My drawings are on Page 2.
WAOW Show

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“Jackpot!” – Tufted Titmouse Drawing

Posted on April 13, 2015 by admin

Plenty of artsy things have happened since my last post (long ago in November!), but for now, I’ll share a drawing I finished earlier today. This is one of the two scratchboard drawings I’ve submitted to the International Society of Scratchboard Artists‘ 2015 exhibition. I’ll find out next month if my entries are accepted. Update: the drawing was accepted and has since traveled to Frederick MD and back.

This 5″ x 7″ illustration of a Tufted Titmouse is titled “Jackpot!” I ran across the reference photo in a Facebook group: The Great Backyard Bird Count, where members post their photos. It’s not that I don’t have plenty of my own reference photos, but this particular photo really caught my eye – the bird on the jar with a mealworm made for a great composition. I also knew the jar would be an interesting subject to scratch. The photographer, Heather Sinon, graciously allowed me to use her photo. Heather feeds birds at her place in CT and sets out jars of mealworms for them. The birder in me feels compelled to point out that we have a Titmouse species here in CA, but not the Tufted, ours is the Oak Titmouse.

I scanned the drawing a couple of times during the process, below are those scans, along with Heather’s photo (I cropped the background out), and 3 details of the final drawing.

This is the “all scratched” version, just before I added color.

Roughly 3X actual size

Roughly 3X actual size

Roughly 2.5X actual size

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Artsy Shark Featured Artist

Posted on March 23, 2015 by admin

I’m excited and honored to be Artsy Shark’s featured artist today! Click on the shark to find out more.

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Sandhill Crane Art

Posted on November 10, 2014 by admin

I’m happy to report that “Grassland Grace”, my scratchboard drawing of a Sandhill Crane won a third place in the Lodi Crane Festival’s art show and it also sold.
Please read my blog post for the full story and to see scans of “Grassland Grace” in progress.

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Draft Horse Classic Award

Posted on September 29, 2014 by admin


“Fuzzdorable“, my scratchboard drawing of a filly, was awarded first place in the “Anything Goes” category at the Art at the Classic show. Read more and see stages of the drawing in progress in this blog post.

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Art Selected for “Strokes of Genius 7” Book

Posted on September 20, 2014 by admin

I’m thrilled to announce that Tell Me More About “Sheep”, my scratchboard drawing of a border collie pup,  has been selected for publication in North Light Books’ Strokes of Genius 7, Depth, Dimension + Space. This book is due out in October 2015.

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2014 ISSA Show, Award of Excellence

Posted on July 4, 2014 by admin

Cathy's Burrito Bouquet in the display caseI’m honored to announce that “Cathy’s Burrito Bouquet” received an “Award of Excellence” at the 2014 International Society of Scratchboard Artists‘ (ISSA) exhibition.
I submitted “Call of the Prairie” which was also accepted.


My husband and I traveled to Cary, NC to attended the exhibition. Over the weekend, while I attended the workshops and presented a discussion of composition, he went birding and exploring. Read more in this blog post.

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Burritos and More . . .

Posted on June 24, 2014 by admin

“Cathy’s Burrito Bouquet” will debut at the International Society of Scratchboard Artists‘ 3rd annual juried exhibition on Friday June 27th, when the 2014 ISSA get-together kicks off with a reception for the show.

You can see the reference photo and a number of in-progress steps in this Facebook album. The photo was taken at last year’s event by Harold Farley and it tells the story of Cathy Sheeter‘s love for burritos. While I was not witness to this particular burrito incident, I did watch her devour a huge burrito at the ISSA event in 2012.

My bison drawing is also in the ISSA show. To see in progress steps of this drawing, start with this image and go forward.

In other news, both the scratchboard drawings that were accepted into the Women Artists of the West exhibit last month sold at the show. These were my first two entries into a WAOW show, so having both works accepted and then sold makes me a very happy camper!

More info about both drawings in this post. Reproduction prints on metal of each drawing are available, find out more about the metal prints here.

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Art & Brew Article

Posted on March 4, 2014 by admin

Thanks to Susan Raines for writing this very nice article about me and my participation in the Art & Brew event coming up in April. She’s writing a series of articles about the participating artists.

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