This is Chloe. She’s laying on the step enjoying a hot summers day and the feel of the heat in her fur. The sun lights up her beautiful coat and fills it with rich reds and gold’s that set off her tortoiseshell markings so well.

She’s painted in acrylics on Fabriano Pittura paper. 

The first coat was a coat of iridescent gold medium and that shows through the subsequent layers of paint making her fur glow with the gold of the sun. This only shows from certain angles and is quite subtle but the photo gives an idea of how it looks.

A portrait of Geezer by the pond. This was a commissioned painting for his owners Fiona and Mark. Geezer was an amazing and very rare male silver tortie Maine Coon. I love the way he lets his tail float in the pond.

This little painting of a pretty Tortie cat. As she walks along she hears something and looks back over her shoulder. Perhaps it’s a tin opening? Tortoiseshell cats have such beautiful coats, there are so many colours in their fur. This cat, Twinkie, is no exception.

I started by building up layers of paint on watercolour paper gradually adding colour to her coat. Blues and violets in her dark fur, shades of green appear where the grass throws colour into her coat and then lovely rich yellows, golds and oranges in her bright patches. She has bright green clear eyes and a red collar.

In the background the grass is full of colour with every shade of green from bright grass green to dark cool greens in the distance.