2019 Went Fast...

Life In The Fast Lane...
...Well let me just say, my attention has been almost entirely on the my job these last 4 years and I have been waiting for the opportunity to catch up on creative projects, this blog included.  Keeping up things like this blog are more for me but I am grateful for the time to be able to do it.  If I were sitting and waiting for this pandemic to be over, I am sure days would be too long to bare.

As For 2019...
...I tried to get in as much creativity as was humanly possible.  For Christmas 2018, my darling love got us a Paint Nite evening out.  Pictured below.  I deviated from the plan because I find How-To-Be-An-Artist tutorials quite boring when I've already been selling works since 2004.  The people around me and the instructor were not fond but it was my gift and I wanted to do what I wanted with it.  So I did and I think it turned out pretty well.

...Around the same time, I did a #DrawItInYourStyle challenge on Instagram, the original piece was by Shawn Coss #drippinginsin .  Below is what I produced...it has changed a little bit even from the finished pic below as I rework it a little whenever I has a white gel pen handy LOL.

More on 2019 in the next post...

-Cat

2018... Phewf...#outofsync

2018 Recap...
The last couple of years, I have gone through several phases of interest.  I attempted to do a Drawing-A-Day-Challenge instigated by my pal Kevin P. West and did a pretty darn good job.  Many couldn't be public posts as I was secretly writing and illustrating an adult colouring book of inside jokes for my BFF.  Cover shown below:

...The images will remain inside.  I made a mer-man ornament for a good friend and an Elvira ornament for my sister for Christmas.  This is the first year in 6 years that I didn't do a commission near Christmas time.  I feel the world around me evolving, this I think it's time for me to do the same.

Hope you enjoyed these!  I know I did!

-Cat

It's Been a While, Folks!...
I feel like I'm always apologizing for not touching base more.  LOL  I'm going to stop that and just promise that I will update as often as I am able.  I haven't had any significant shows lately.  I missed Pride in the Park here but the wonderful folks at the new Bay Village Coffee at 221 Bay St in Thunder Bay, ON were kind enough to carry the magnets I made to help fundraise for Thunder Pride 2018, alongside their own homemade rainbow cupcakes.  I must say, they tallied the total and they made significantly more than I would have.  Wonderful!  Thanks, gents!

Hopefully, I will be able to make more of a contribution next year!

Cheers!
-Cat

Drawing-A-Day...
My pal Kevin West challenged a bunch of artists he knows with a Drawing-A-Day challenge.  I did well for the first month and a half of the year.  Below are some of the drawings I completed.  Many are now top secret as I am working on a top secret project of a top secret nature.  They will likely never surface because of the personal nature of them but I have continued to draw!!!  I swear.  LOL  The Hot Cheese Super Hero is the personification of my favourite Cards Against Humanity card and the pole dancing Hot Cheese was a challenge given to me by my buddy Ester to turn Hot Cheese into a moonlighting stripper.  So....enjoy!

More soon!  Enjoy!

-Cat

Christmas Season...

This past Christmas Season came with only 1 commission and 1 craft show this year.  

The Ladies Gala...

Commission...

My BFF commissioned this for her hubby as he has taken up model trains and tracks in recent years.  She wanted to get him a custom sign for his station.  (With progress shots)

More Soon!

-Cat

So....
Apparently, I checked out of reality for like 8 months ish.  LOL  Sorry, folks.  I started a new job this year that I adore but that keeps me super busy and away from the drawing table.  Well, my drawing table is actually a big table upon which my vintage lamp and computer sit.  It also houses a plethora of crap as well- nail polish, paint, stickers, perfume, sticky roller for cat hair, work notes, liquid bandaid and more!

Since Last We Were Together....
Pride in the Park in my hometown of Thunder Bay, ON was a great success.  I spent all of my winter months last year working and finishing a sizable collection for Pride 2016.

Many are still available....

This Holiday Season...

This year I am enjoying the life of a craft attendee rather than vendor.  I have spent the last 6+ years hauling my wares around town and I gotta say, I love being able to stand on the other side of the table for a season.  Not a whole season though- I will have a table at this years Ladies' Gala at the Wayland as I have most years since this awesome event started.

The Interim Period=The Void....

I have started trying my hand at drawing again the last 8 months or so and since, thru my BFF, I have met so many interesting weirdos, I figured fan art was an appropriate outlet to start with,  Loud and Obnoxious (since dissolved) and New Trick Podcast were among some of the fangirl fan art projects currently in my sketchbook.

Perhaps not an exact representation but what would the fun in that be?

Until Next Time...

I'm straight up just going to stop attempting to promise to be here more; my new job that I love doesn't allow for anything commitment based re: my wee site of blogger proportions.  But thanks for stopping in, none-the-less.

Cheers!

C.

Spring?....
Well, lately, with all of the snow, it is certainly hard to believe that it is Spring here but we are well on our way to Summer and that is all I care about.  My latest artistic endeavor was donating my time and thus, artwork to EcoSuperior's Rain Barrel auction.  Each year, artists have an opportunity to enter a contest (only top selling item gets a prize) to paint a rain barrel at the Annual Spring Home and Garden Show here in TBay.  This year I participated and so did my pal Ashley!  Both of our masterpieces are pictured below!

Mine.

Ashley's.

Thus Far...

There are no dates in stone for upcoming shows!  As always I have work at North Shore Therapeutic Massage Clinic, Bliss Cafe, Ahnisnabae Art Gallery, Thunder Games and Gifts and for private sale (contact me at ART by: Cat Free on Facebook).  

More Soon...

C.