A Cat Perch
- Medium:
- Ink and Digital
- Original Size:
- 12” x 14:
Cats like to sit in windows, especially if they can’t go outside. This one is indignant about her captivity.
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Cats like to sit in windows, especially if they can’t go outside. This one is indignant about her captivity.
Memories of the sun coming up over the mountains in B.C. First on display at a MacLaren Art Centre “Off the Hook” auction.
First shown Orillia CDC, October 28, 2025.
Impression of wild weather and water, painted from a distant memory. Piece displayed at the Barrie Community Health Centre.
Memories of the beach from childhood.
Impression of autumn flowers and blue sky
She walks in beauty.
A whimsical and wavy impression of flow. First shown at the International Women’s Show, Orillia Museum of Art and History.
Soothing, spring colours and kittens: What could be more calming?
What is it with cats and boxes?
More cute cats.
Cerci was an affectionate cat who didn’t mince meows about her wishes.
We are all in this together, tossed with the leaves, in wind and waves. First and only public showing, MacLaren Art Centre Benefactor event.
Fanciful and playful dreaming, sleeping or awake.
Impression of confidence
Impression of cats playing piano
Visiting friends.
That dinner before going off to university ...
These curious kittens greeted us at the balcony each time we returned.
A study.
Daisy’s gentle temperament is living proof that dogs are love.
Flowers make a whole new impression, when lit only by flashlight.
We build, and re-build our dreams,while life’s sands shift under and around us. With tenacity and flexibility,we interpret our reality. Passion adds the spark that turns this process of re-creation into recreation,the essence of our creative process.
Mystical, three dimensional dream giving birth to creativity. First and only showing at the Orillia International Women’s Day Show Orillia Museum of Art and History.
Who is really sleeping?
In honour of a sacred time in a dear friend’s life.
Mixed media found-art created for the Orillia and District Arts Council show at Orillia’s Community Development Corporation (CDC), May 1, 2024.
Nature returns to nature under the watchful eye of a protector.
Found-art and Acrylic
A simple floral splash.
Displayed: 2026 Women’s Show in Orillia, Ontario.
Some embrace technology as a way to escape limitations. This can be a beautiful thing.
Nothing like a little gossip over cake.
A grandmother can light up your life.
The birthday party crew.
Friends welcoming friends.
A little wild, a little surreal.
Whimsical memory of an old, post-war farm—truly homemade. First shown at the International Women’s Day show, Orillia Museum of Art and History.
Hovi the dog, the beautiful companion.
First shown Orillia CDC, October 28, 2025.
Living in their own world, they never mean to make a mess.
Karloff the boss-cat. First shown at MacLaren benefactor show, 2026.
Cat sketched on a drawing tablet, using a number of brushes, set against photography, framed in padded fabric. First shown at the Orillia CDC, January 28th to April 30th, 2025.
A glistening spread of abstract water and shore
A gift of July.
Kitty dreaming in the sun looks lonely.
Mixed media found-art (mainly acrylic), first shown at the Orillia Museum of Art and History, Summer 2024.
Looking up through trees of acrylic and glass
Sharing a summer evening.
There is nothing more laid back than a cat in the sun.
An abstract rendition of the richness of motherhood. First shown at the MacLaren Art Centre in the late 1990s, as part of a juried show featuring Barrie Art Club members.
Cat sketched on a drawing tablet, using a number of brushes, set against photography, framed in padded fabric. First shown at the MacLaren Benefactor Show, March 8th to 22nd, 2025.
Soft, but wild, a little cat fades into inky midnight. Only public showing at Telecare Distress Line art auction fundraiser.
In the mom-cave, surrounded by friends.
So delicate, yet strong enough to rip your deck apart.
Drawn on a Wacom Cintiq, printed and inked after. Mounted on wood. First shown at the Orillia Community Development Corporation beginning July 31, 2025.
Beautiful, but deadly.
Cute and friendly, they are taking care of one of my favourite people.
Drawn on a Wacom Cintiq. Mounted on wood. Only public showing at the Orillia Commuinty Development Corporation, 2025.
Noodin is Ojibwe for “Wind”. First (and only public) display at the MacLaren Art Centre “Off The Hook” silent auction show.
An ode to the internet, which has enabled so many things. This piece was chosen to grace a MacLaren Art Centre bookmark in celebration of Culture Days.
No spiral can be contained on a two-dimensional plane, much less Pandora’s. Formerly displayed at juried show in Midland’s Huronia Museum.
After school meet-up in Sunnidale Park.
It was the best birthday present.
Loving portrait of friends.
Grandma is packaging bread to give to her children as a gift, when an intrepid seagull tries to steal it. Her reflexes prevail.
Kids love to play with cats.
Circles within circles, what else?
Friends posing for a picture.
If we can break-dance, they can snake-dance.
Children at play, creating the past.
Kittens always want what you have. First and only public showing at the 2023 MacLaren Art Centre Benefactor event.
For a while, they filled the sky.
A sunflower in support of those who are forced to fight when they would rather turn to the sun.
An ode to the tenacious women who walk to raise awareness of the importance water plays in all life.
You never know when a little bird will fly by.
An embrace that never has to end.
The trumpet he begged for and played only for a while now sits in a closet waiting for a child’s interest to be rekindled.
Children putting on a puppet show.
Water fascinates.
Taking turns on the tricycle.
This pig lived peacefully in the house of a friend, with dogs, cats, a skunk, and many happy children..
Some turkeys graced my friend’s lawn during one of our artist gatherings.
One of these things is not like the others.
Deep within us is a need to be seen and valued.
To capture the depth and dimension of water in glass...
Drawn and coloured on a Wacom Cintiq. Mounted on wood.
After a long absence, she came home.
Pets always want to share what you are having.
Impressive flowers that seem to grow in all conditions.
Playing Dungeons and Dragons.