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Meow 51 / Cathy Peng

2012-01-30T20:04:00.007Z

Cathy Peng is an illustrator and designer from Toronto. She has recently created a whole line of brilliant cat products for her Etsy Shop, including cards, stickers, t-shirts, tote bags, notebooks, prints and many other lovely items. Cathy also has a great blog showcasing more of her work, life and cats - check it out! Her adorable cats are called Dex (left) and Suki.

Meow 50 / Joana Rosa Bragança

2012-01-23T14:17:00.009Z

Joana Rosa Braganca is a wonderful Portuguese artist. She does illustrations, printmaking, photography and three dimensional pieces (including beautiful dolls). There is so much brilliant, cat-related work on her website and blog, it was very difficult to make a selection. So make sure you check out all her other work, everything Joana makes is super-inspiring. Her beautiful cats are called Patanisca and Crispim.

Meow 49 / Kaye Blegvad

2012-01-16T14:05:00.000Z

I am so happy that Kaye Blegvad agreed to show her work on this blog because I absolutely love it. Kaye is originally from London, studied Illustration in Brighton and now lives in New York. She makes beautiful illustrations, a wide variety of lovely objects and even her own amazing jewellery line. Her cute cat is called Milo.

Meow 48 / Anaïs Massini

2012-01-09T09:12:00.000Z

Anaïs Massini is an illustrator from Aveyron in France. She has illustrated a lot of children's books, check out her website to see more - her work is amazing. Since this blog is all about cats, I wanted to share her beautiful cat paintings with you, as well as this adorable photo of her feline friends Subaru (left) and Bikini. Don't forget to visit her blog & flickr for more loveliness.

Meow 47 / Stephanie Baker

2012-01-02T11:52:00.001Z

Stephanie Baker is a mixed media artist from New Jersey, where she creates wonderfully inventive vintage style ornaments and handmade dolls under the name Old World Primitives. I didn't have a Christmas tree this year, but next year I want one - and it will be decorated with her amazing ornaments! She sells her creations in her Etsy shop and shares more of her work and life on flickr. Stephanie's adorable cats are called Trooper, Slayer, Squeaker and Harold (clockwise from top left).

Meow 46 / Laura Knight

2011-05-25T14:10:00.006+01:00

I recently came across Laura Knight's work at a design market in London. I instantly fell in love with her Staffordshire Cat Cushions and drawings. Laura went to the Royal College and has enjoyed a successful career as an illustrator and teacher. Her gorgeous cat is called Ebby. You can see more examples of her work on her website 3 Ply You can also email her directly if you would like to buy her work! lauraknight@waitrose.com

Meow 45 / Lilly Piri

2011-05-17T21:04:00.004+01:00

Lilly Piri is currently based in Heidelberg, Germany - but just about to move back to her native Australia. I have loved her delicate pencil illustrations of dreamy girls, boys and animals for years, they are amazing! It was very difficult to pick only a few for this post, so you must promise to visit her website, blog and Etsy shop to see more! Her lovely cat is called Sam.

Meow 44 / JimbobArt

2011-02-25T11:45:00.007Z

JimbobArt (aka James Ward) is an illustrator based in London, he creates an amazing range of original hand drawn ceramics. Each piece is 100% hand drawn and a one off. I love his painting of the Cat Doll shown above. More of his work can been seen on his etsy shop JimbobArt.Etsy.com. He doesn't currently own a cat but a customer recently sent him a photo of their cat because of the likeness to one of his cat plate designs. I think she makes a great model for his plate!

Meow 43 / Tascha

2011-01-27T17:54:00.006Z

Tascha is an artist living in Toronto, Canada. She has been working as a full time artist since 2001. She sells her cute paintings on her etsy shop, to keep updated with her news take a look at her blog. Her lovely Siamese cat is called Lily.

Meow 42 / KittyBabyLove

2010-11-19T20:01:00.000Z

KittyBabyLove is a small company run by Sara and Ben, who live in Portland. They sell a selection of kitty themed products from their Etsy shop, including these adorable upcycled Kitty Crayons and Beeswax Candles! Have a peek at their cute blog as well. Their beautiful cats are called Lulu (grey), Vasia (white) and Blaquan (black).

Meow 41 / Mel Croft

2010-11-10T14:25:00.003Z

Mel Croft is an illustrator based in Brighton, UK. Her wonderful illustrations appear in magazines, books and advertising. She is represented by Eye Candy, where you can view more examples of her work. Her gorgeous ginger cat is called Cookie, she is a very soft and cuddly cat but doesn't like to sit on your lap!

Meow 40 / Emily Martin

2010-11-06T21:04:00.002Z

Emily Martin is based in Portland, where she creates her adorable paintings, dolls and other wonderful treasures for her famous 'Black Apple' Etsy shop. Her amazing dolls usually sell out within minutes after being listed in her shop, so you have to be quick to snatch one up! Emily's beautiful cat is called Miette - check out the Black Apple Blog to see more pictures of him, her life and of course, her work!

Meow 39 / Erin Wallace

2010-10-28T11:01:00.000+01:00

Erin Wallace is a designer and printmaker living in Baltimore, where she recently graduated from the Maryland Institue College of Art. These amazing cat designs are available as Letterpress prints and pillows from her Etsy shop! Her beautiful cat is named Toaster.

Meow 38 / Mia Nilsson

2010-08-16T10:16:00.010+01:00

Mia Nilsson is an artist and animator living in London. She came from Sweden and has been living in London for the past eleven years. I came across Mia's lovely work at the London Transport Museum where she won an award from the AOI for a competition called 'Cycling in London'. You can see more of Mia's work on her website. She shares her studio with her cat Grace who has the most gorgeous orange eyes!

Meow 37 / Thereza Rowe

2010-08-08T18:55:00.005+01:00

Thereza Rowe lives in London with her two black cats Flash Rowe and Kitty Piccolina Rowe who like pink milk almost as much as she does. She creates beautiful mixed media illustrations - check out her lovely blog which is constantly updated with new wonderful projects, and don't forget to visit her shop, too!

Meow 36 / Mia Christopher

2010-08-01T14:47:00.004+01:00

Being no stranger to drawing cats and acrobatic characters myself, it's no surprise that I am a huge fan of Mia Christopher's amazing work. Mia is a multi-disciplinary artist living in San Francisco where she shares her studio with her beautiful smiling cats Bruno and Eloise. There's a great interview with her over at KQED Arts, and don't forget to check out her Etsy shop!

Meow 35 / Jamie Ferraioli

2010-07-22T12:41:00.000+01:00

Jamie Ferraioli lives in Delaware (US) where she creates these adorable clay figurines. Each one is hand-sculpted and painted with the tiniest of brushes. There are so many different little kitties that I can only show a fraction here, so you must check out her Etsy shop! Her own two cute cats are called Spike and Ein.

Meow 34 / Cassandre Montoriol

2010-06-01T14:34:00.000+01:00

Cassandre Montoriol is an illustrator and textiles designer based in Paris, France. I love her quirky cat drawings. You can see more examples of her work on her website. She also has a shop with stylist Virginia Bussierre called Miaow selling a range of accessories. Her black and white cat is called Armstrong.

Meow 33 / Sam McCullen

2010-03-30T23:23:00.000+01:00

Sam McCullen is an illustrator and children's book author from the UK. His first picture book 'Billy Back-To-Front' was published by Hodder Children's Books in 2006. You can see more of his fantastic work on his website and blog.
His hilarious cat is called Billy, the photos make me laugh every time I see them! Billy is a bit of a celebrity as the photo of him with the cat nip was featured in the 2007 'Bad Cat' calendar.

Meow 32 / Kate Larsen

2010-03-04T21:21:00.000Z

Kate Larsen is a London based graphic designer and illustrator. I met Kate at a craft fair I did just before Christmas and love her work. You can see more examples of her work on her website www.boxofbirds.co.uk She has some lovely prints and brooches on her etsy shop. The photo is of her friend's kitten called Cleo and is a burmese blue, so sweet!

Meow 31 / Laura Hughes

2010-02-23T22:15:00.002Z

Laura Hughes is a London based illustrator with an adorable cat named Lulu. I was lucky enough to go to university with Laura and it was always exciting to sneak a peek into her sketchbooks! Make sure to check out her blog to see more of her beautiful illustrations. Her own Etsy shop will be launched later this year - can't wait!
EDIT: Laura's shop is now online at: LauraIllustrator.Etsy.com

Meow 30 / Mimi Kirchner

2010-02-22T10:53:00.000Z

Mimi Kirchner is a Boston-based artist who creates wonderfully imaginative, excuisitely hand-crafted dolls. The beautiful cats above are only a tiny fragment of the amazing range of characters she creates, so make sure to check out her shop! Etsy also made one of their hand-made portrait videos about Mimi, you can check it out here . It makes me so happy and inspired to just look at her work. Her own lovely ginger cat is called Mango.

Meow 29 / Abigail Brown

2009-11-27T10:07:00.000Z

Abigail Brown is a textile artist and illustrator based in London. She makes beautiful creatures from different coloured and patterned fabrics, she creates lovely illustrations, too. You can see more of her work on her website and she also sells her work on her online shop. The adorable fluffy cat pictured above is her friend's cat called Lulu.

Meow 28 / Vivienne Strauss

2009-11-22T20:00:00.000Z

Vivienne Strauss is an artist living in Portland with her husband Matte Stephens (whom we featured back in July). She paints these amazingly beautiful stories of people, dogs and of course cats! It was so hard to chose which pictures to show, so you must promise to check out her blog and Etsy shop.

Her own cats are called Simon, Krasner, Lillian and Irving. I have a soft spot for Irving, not just because of his eye, but he also looks just like my late cat Elvis.

Meow 27 / Allison Cole

2009-11-10T16:46:00.000Z

Allison Cole is an illustrator based in Providence, Rhode Island in the US. I love her illustrations, use of colour and patterns, you can see more of her wonderful work on her website. She has a fantastic online store online store called Bang Bang You're Thread where you can buy lots of her art and illustrated goodies. Allison's gorgeous cats are called Mister T and Cleo, Mister T is the tuxedo cat and Cleo is the tortoiseshell. They love to help as well as cause trouble while Allison works, evident in the pictures above! They especially like to cause trouble when she has an illustration deadline.

Meow 26 / Jamie Shelman

2009-10-29T11:53:00.000Z

I am so pleased to have come across Jamie Shelman's very lovely cat drawings. Jamie lives on Martha's Vineyard, MA with her husband and fellow artist Thomas D Meyer. Jamie graduated from Rhode Island School of Design and describes herself as a painter, artist and cat fancier. She is currently working on her first children's book.

Her beautiful ginger cat is called Miss Mave who likes to play hide and seek. You can see more of Jamie's work on her website and you can buy her cat drawings form her etsy shop 'The Dancing Cat'.

Meow 25 / Kate Hindley

2009-10-09T11:29:00.000+01:00

Kate Hindley is a wonderful illustrator living in Worcestershire, UK. I love her illustrations and the characters she creates. Kate works using ink and pencil and then adds colour and collage digitally.

You can see more of Kate's work on her website and on her blog too! Kate has never had a cat but has sent a photo of her beautiful basset hound called Big Brother Bill.

Meow 24 / Kristin Oftedal

2009-09-30T14:38:00.000+01:00

Kristin Oftedal is an illustrator based in Oslo, Norway. I love her beautiful and atmospheric drawings. Kristin works for publishing and editorial clients and has just finished illustrating a children's book for Macmillan.

You can see more examples of her work on her website and you can also buy lovely prints and mirrors on her etsy shop. Her cat Simen lives with her parents, his middle name is Rydiger named after The Little Vampire. Simen loves to chase paper balls and eat shrimps.

Meow 23 / Clare Owen

2009-09-25T10:33:00.001+01:00

Clare Owen is an illustrator living in Cornwall, where she creates her beautiful pencil and watercolour art. She enjoys cats, tea and biscuits, moaning, drawing, Michael Cera, Facial Hair and Ukulele. The fluffy cat in the photo is her boyfriend's cat Pepsi. Check out her very lovely blog as well!

Meow 22 / Kate Slater

2009-09-22T17:03:00.001+01:00

It has been lovely to discover Kate Slater's work, she works in collage and paper cut outs which are suspended to create relief illustrations. I love her characters and sense of atmosphere in the worlds she creates. You can buy prints and cards from her etsy shop.

You can also see more examples of her work on her blog and website. Kate grew up with two black cats Helen and Robert (formerly Rosie) and says she would love a Persian cat one day.

Meow 21 / Moira Millman

2009-09-11T12:34:00.000+01:00

Moira Millman is a brilliant illustrator based in Cambridgeshire, UK. I love her beautiful and decorative illustrations. Moira produces images for a wide range of clients in advertising, publishing and editorial and has been working as an illustrator since graduating from the Kent Institute of Art in 1992. You can see more of her work on her website. Her gorgeous cat is called Alf. Alf was rescued by the RSPCA from a room in which he used to live with loads of cats. He now lives happily with Moira and his favorite thing to do is eat!

Meow 20 / Jennifer Davis

2009-08-24T21:17:00.000+01:00

I'm so happy that I discovered Jennifer Davis' work! She creates beautiful paintings with unique characters & colour palette. You can buy prints of her work (a lot of it features cats!) from her Etsy shop. Her big black cat is called Nudge, he can do tricks such as shake and high five and apparently loves to hang out in the basin (I love his chilled-out expression). You can also find her blog here. Meow!

Meow 19 / Catherine Campbell

2009-08-19T19:20:00.001+01:00

Catherine Campbell is an artist from Melbourne, who is best known for her beautiful ink and collage illustrations of girls. These gorgeous images of cats are based on her own cat, Little Love and are available as a print set from her My Folk Lover etsy shop. Be sure to check out her wonderful blog, too!

Meow 18 / Sophie Dupasquier

2009-08-18T15:10:00.000+01:00

Sophie Dupasquier is a wonderful illustrator and designer based in Brighton, UK. I love her quirky illustrations of cats. She produced the patterns above for her agent Juna Studio and they were recently shown at Printsource in New York.

Sophie also designs work for a children's wear company called CurlyKale, where you can check out a lovely cat bag she designed. Sophie lived with the cat above called Bubble last year, Bubble enjoys chasing her own tail.

Meow 17 / Julianna Swaney

2009-08-17T17:17:00.001+01:00

Julianna Swaney is a Portland-based artist who creates beautiful pencil and watercolour drawings which are available from her Oh My Cavalier Etsy Shop. Her cat Collette has amazing colours, and I love how she smiles in the last picture! Check out Julianna's blog as well, RareRedbird.Blogspot.com

Meow 16 / Maria Carluccio

2009-08-12T11:29:00.000+01:00

Maria Carluccio is an wonderful illustrator/designer based at a little town on the Hudson River, US. I love her paintings and collages of cats. You can see more examples of her work on her lovely website. Her cat is called Alegra officially, and is also called Fluffer of Fluffs, Fluffer Nutter, Foofs, Floofy, Peanutbutter and most recently Peanut.

Meow 15 / Audrey Malo

2009-08-11T10:01:00.001+01:00

Audrey Malo is a Canadian artist who draws/paints adorable girls and cats! She has a wonderful blog and an etsy shop where she sells prints and badges with her work. Her own pretty cat is called Boogie.

Meow 14 / Stella Baggott

2009-08-05T16:31:00.000+01:00

Stella Baggott is an illustrator based in London. I love her drawings and collages of cats. Her Cats in the Boat image is from 'Summer Sticker Book ' and the cat characters are from '365 things to make and do', both copyright Usborne Publishing. More of her work can be seen on her flickr. Stella kindly sent us a photo of her beautiful cat Norman, who is sadly no longer with us.

Meow 13 / Jane Foster

2009-08-04T09:12:00.000+01:00

Jane Foster is a Brighton-based designer who creates gorgeous colourful prints and patterns and sells these amazing sewn cats from the shop on her website! Check out her wonderful blog as well. Her cute ginger cat is named Marmelade.

Meow 12 / Anna Hymas

2009-07-29T14:39:00.000+01:00

Anna Hymas is an illustrator and painter based in London. I love her quirky pictures of cats. You can buy her cat card as seen above from her website annahymas.com Her gorgeous cats are called Otto and Willow.

Meow 11 / Matte Stephens

2009-07-21T19:18:00.000+01:00

Matte Stephens is an artist and illustrator from Portland Oregon. I love his fabulous quirky pictures of cats. You can buy prints of his wonderful paintings at his etsy shop Matteart.Etsy.com. He shares his studio with three cats Simon, Lillian and Krasner.

Meow 10 / Gemma Correll

2009-07-16T12:48:00.000+01:00

Gemma Correll is an ilustrator currently based in Norwich. Her cat drawings make me soooooo happy, and it's not hard to see why! There are a lot of brilliant cat goodies in her Etsy shop as well, including an awesome Kitten Colouring Book. She doesn't share her studio with a cat at the moment, but she sent this lovely photo of her and one of her cat-friends, Oscar.

Meow 09 / Penguin & Fish

2009-07-15T13:49:00.000+01:00

Alyssa is an illustrator and product designer from Minneapolis. She makes the most gorgeous cats which are sold under the name Penguin and Fish. You can buy her cats from her etsy store here PenguinandFish.Etsy.com. Her cute cat is called Sammy. Sammy does not like having his belly stroked and likes to sleep on the stairs - making it hard for Alyssa to walk down them!

Meow 08 / Marjorie Liucci

2009-07-10T21:36:00.000+01:00

Marjorie Liucci has the prettiest Etsy shop, filled with prints of her wonderful paintings and other little treasures! She has two cats, one called Marmee (whom her shop is named after) and the black one is called Puffin, featured in the cat portrait above! Have a peek at her wonderful blog as well, it's so very very lovely.

Meow 07 / Leila Shetty

2009-07-08T10:45:00.000+01:00

Leila Shetty is an illustrator based in Liverpool, UK. I love her muted and delicate colour palette. Her illustration above was recently included in an exhibition called 'The Joyful Bewilderment'. Her lovely cat is called Socks.

Meow 06 / Lucy Knisley

2009-07-03T17:24:00.000+01:00

Lucy Knisley is the author/artist of the wonderful travel comic/journal French Milk and she's currently working on her second book! Her blog is filled with comics inspired by her everyday life, often including her gorgeous cat Linney (who apparently has cat acne... not that she looks anything but pretty to me - I love ginger cats!)

Meow 05 / Anna Wadham

2009-06-29T13:58:00.000+01:00

Anna Wadham is an illustrator based in Norfolk, UK. I love her painterly style and cute characters.

You can buy her lovely cat magnets and prints from her etsy shop AnnaWadham.Etsy.com. Her cat is called Charlie (short for Charlotte).

Meow 04 / Lisa Evans

2009-06-25T11:59:00.000+01:00

Lisa Evan s is an illustrator based in Bath, UK. Her illustrations are beautiful and atmospheric. I love her illustration called 'Bellamy and the Birds' (above). Her lovely cat is called Dexter.

Meow 03 / Jessica Gonacha

2009-06-24T12:31:00.000+01:00

Jessica Gonacha is an artist and designer living in Atlanta, Georgia. She creates an array of beautiful patterns which can be seen on her website JessGonacha.com, where she has a little shop as well. This pattern of cats is gorgeous! Her sweet cat is called Anika.

Meow 02 / Ginette Lapalme

2009-06-23T21:55:00.000+01:00

Ginette Lapalme is a Canadian illustrator with amazing colourful, humorous work. I love her psychedelic (and sometimes a bit naughty) cats. Her own sweet cat is called Prince Washington.

Meow 01 / Susie Ghahremani

2009-06-22T17:36:00.000+01:00

Susie Ghahremani is an illustrator/artist living in San Diego. Her shop is full of wonderful illustrated cat items! The Kitty Cat Recipe Cards (above) make me especially happy. She also has the most adorable ginger cat called Peechees.