If any of you recall the Paws & Claws Gala painting that I completed of Barnes, the shelter cat, you may notice that he's featured on the front cover of Creatures All, a magazine about animals. I'm rather happy that they've chosen to do such a bright border for the painting. I'll be running a series of advertisements in the magazine this year as an experiment to market my work locally. I'll let you know how this goes.
A huge thank you to the artists who created pieces of art for the first ever Paws and Claws Gala to raise funds for the Edmonton Humane Society last weekend!

Susan Stevens & Amie Kerman

Igor Woroniuk (pictured with his wife, Gillian)

Michelle Schwengler, Marcus Cutler, Drury Straity & Nicola Marie Pringle

Above: Setting up required tying almost 400 bows on chairs... very pretty results.
the art of animals that once lived at the Edmonton Humane Society:

And to those who could not make it to the event, thank you for the donation and/or long hours put into your pieces (Danielle Inglesias, Rachelle Miller & Michelle McBride)!

(pictured: myself, on the way to the gala. photo by my husband).
To see picture of the art donated, please visit the paws and claws gala . I'm going to update it in the next week with the rest of the art and photos of the event.
that is so awesome! I love the painting's textures and the cat's expression!
Congratulations. The cover looks great! I think the bold border really compliments your piece.
Very nice. Congats, Crystal! :O)