It was approximately five years ago that Jasper-the-Cat® strutted out of my studio to make a life of his own.  His feline friends Sebastian®, Leopold® and Thomas® soon joined him.  Since then I have been delighted to secure the license contracts on a variety of products, from prints, greetings cards, ceramics, place mats, even needle craft (if you wish to stock the latter, or to know who stocks the kits, then please check out www.designworkscrafts.com).  Take a closer view of Sebastian, beautifully stitched by Tina, by clicking on this image.

With all these new products it soon became apparent that the cats with a definite air of arrogance needed a range name -  The ‘cats-with-attitude’ became ‘ Catitudes‘ and soon after I set about Trade-marking the brand. 

As so often happens four felines soon became ‘More felines’.    Fleur, Sophia, Madison and Harry were soon strutting their stuff with the original four cats.  Others have followed and they keep attracting a bigger gang!  They really do seem to have jumped off the page and started a life of their own!

Several of the new cats have recently appeared as a range of greetings card range  under Marilyn Robertson Publishing; they are distributed in the UK & Eire by Scarlett Greetings.  We welcome Trade enquiries - to find out more please contact UK & Eire sales on 01305 340009.   If you would like to buy Catitudes greeting cards watch this space as we will soon be selling them from the web shop.

View all the new cats in our Catitudes gallery >

I hope you enjoy browsing these images - I look forward to hearing your views and thoughts about our feline friends.

Well the new year is here - 2009 has a certain ring to it and is with us for another 12 months. I look forward to, and I become aware of, the subtle changes in the quality of daylight, be it only by a modest difference so far. When my studio is bathed in a warm natural light I feel uplifted and want to spend good quality creative time at my easel - all of a sudden the unavoidable chores of doing my accounts and administration feel less arduous !!

I have now taken down the festive holiday decorations, vacuumed up all the little gold stars that I keep finding, and am filling the cottage with bowls of bulbs. Every new year there is a compelling desire to clear out clutter and clean, I know its all to do with new beginnings and fresh starts and blank pages all white bright and new My studio, situated in the garden overlooking open fields, is beckoning me ready to launch the new year with fresh projects and newly budded ideas.

I understand there’s a Solar eclipse due on 26th January and it is an unusual astrological alignment. I will make a special note of this as it is meant to be fairly significant. Maybe the world is on a changing path and we are all waking up to new ways - who knows!! Such a huge topic to think about!!

On a different note I must say I have been touched by the emails, phone calls and comments from family & friends and new contacts. I will be adding more to my blog as the year unfolds. I look forward to further news, views & comments…and some fresh images too!