Carrie Hawks, a full time self-representing artist. I have been painting and drawing ever since I can remember. I have always been very artistic and fell in love with cats at an early age. I regard myself as primarily a cat artist and incorporate a fantasy theme with many of the felines that I paint. I have always felt a special connection to cats because of their unique personalities. This helped make them a natural subject choice for me. My own cats are my inspiration and models for much of my work.
I enjoy working with a variety of mediums but acrylics are my favorite. Many of my paintings are a mixture of acrylics thinned with water, ink and colored pencil. I enjoy using a wide variety of colors and paint my cats in all the colors of the rainbow. I love to paint Cats and Fantasy themes like dragons, fairies, gargoyles, vampires etc. I have been fascinated by all things that are fantasy my entire life. Nearly all of my cats feature what I like to call 'feathered eyes' which has become my trademark. I feels that the eyes of a cat show their independent spirit. I try to capture the cat's mystical spirit in each of my paintings. My love of fantasy is clearly seen in my magical fairy cats and gothic cats series. Winged cats have become a favorite theme for me to paint. My fantasy cat collection will continue to grow as I have many more ideas in the works. Aside from my fantasy cat paintings, when I have extra time, I also enjoy painting custom commission portraits of pet cats. I am honored that my clients choose me to immortalize their feline friends in a work of art. You can see a lot of my artwork in my Art Gallery.
I hope that you enjoy viewing my work. Don't forget to recommend my site to some of your Cat and Fantasy Art Loving Friends. Thank You for visiting and please check back often. I'll always be adding something new!
*Note: As the artist, all of my work has been copyrighted, I retain all rights to these images and paintings. These images and painings can not be re-distributed, copied, imitated, or misappropriated in any way. Please feel free to E-mail Me with any questions, suggestions or requests.
** News *My paintings have been published many books and magazines like "500 Fairy Motifs", "Enchanted Artists; Visions of Atlantis" both released Fall 2005, the book, "Faeries Through The Seasons" released Fall 2006 and the Nov/Dec Issue of Mystic Pop Magazine. My "Raven's Moon" painting was licensed to be on the cover of a children's book titled, "Third Times the Charm, and most recently, my artwork was featured in the book, Big Eye Art: Resurrected and Transformed, released April 2008. More info on the above mentioned books and others click, Books Published