A new Christmas card this year is ‘Waiting For Santa’. Harry is sitting on the snowy rooftops of London watching for Santa to bring him what he wants for Christmas.

I wonder what he’ll wish for this year. Last year he was living rough, an abandoned cat trying to survive in the snow. He  wished for a warm home and people to love him. Well, he got his wish, we rescued him. This year, when he sits in the snow and looks up at the stars, he knows he can come in whenever he wants too and curl up by the fire.

I have two new prints, Golden Eyes and In The Window, a black cat, Harry, sunbathing on a chair, and a ginger boy, Rudolf, sitting in the window enjoying the sun.

This is a small oil painting of Harry sitting on the chair enjoying the sun. I haven’t thought of a proper title for it yet. I loved the way the colours reflected in his coat, he’s so shiny! And his yellow eyes really catch the sun.

Here’s a close up.

The painting is about 12×8 inches and I’ve put it in a beautiful ivory coloured frame. I love it in this frame.

He’ll go into the Society Of Feline Artists show I think. If I can bear to part with him!

Harry playing with his favourite toy. He just loves his Jolly Moggy Feather Boa. He carries it around the house and beats it to a pulp. It stands up surprisingly well to his attentions.

Here’s a close up. This is a 16×13 inch oil on board.

Hopefully this painting will be in the Society Of Feline Artists show in London in September.

He might not have a remarkable name but he is a remarkable cat. He came to live with his owner as a stray, he just moved in one day and made himself at home. But he quickly became the father of the family. One night he woke his owner in the early hours of the morning, he’d never done that before. When she got up to see what was upsetting him, she found that one of the other cats had hurt herself, she had a nasty cut that was bleeding. Black Cat had woken her to get help for Bella. What a cat! Of course Bella has recovered from her injury now and the cats sleep through the night again. Black Cat is a beautiful, gentle and remarkable cat.

This was an acrylic painting on paper.