ARTIST BIO

Carrie Hawks has always been very artistic and fell in love
with cats at an early age. She regards herself as primarily a
cat artist and incorporates a fantasy theme with most of
the felines that she paints. She has always felt a special connection
to cats because of their unique personalities which made them
a natural subject choice for her. Her own 4 cats are her
inspiration and models for much of her work.

Carrie enjoys working with a variety of mediums but acrylics
are her favorite. Many of her paintings are a mixture of acrylics
thinned with water, ink and colored pencil. She enjoys using a wide
variety of colors and paints her cats in all the colors of the rainbow.

Nearly all of Carrie's cats feature what she calls "feathered eyes"
which has become her trademark. She feels that the eyes of a cat
show their independent spirit. She tries to capture the cat's mystical
spirit in each of her paintings. Her love of fantasy is clearly seen in
her magical fairy cats and gothic cats series. Winged cats have
become a favorite theme for her to paint. Her fantasy cat collection
continues to grow as she has many more ideas in the works.

Aside from her fantasy cat paintings Carrie also enjoys
painting custom commission portraits of pet cats. She is honored
that her clients choose her to immortalize their feline friends in a
work of art. More of Carrie's cats can be found
on her website, Tigerpixie Art Studio

Artist's Web site: www.tigerpixie.com

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