Cat Art: Portrait of a Cat Called Dawn, by Thomas Clausen

I woke up this morning to an exciting surprise.

And no, it wasn’t cat barf on my rug (though I have had that kind of surprise — more than once I might add.)

On my Twitter feed was a drawing of our cat Dawn by Thomas Clausen.

Dawn Tweet by @onedrawingdaily Thomas Clausen phone 100 screen grab in phone

A morning tweat tweet.

Here’s the photo he posted.

Portrait of Cat Named Dawn by Thomas Clausen

Dawn’s been drawn!

Clausen creates one sketch or drawing each day and features it on his website, Facebook page, Instagram and Twitter feed ( @onedrawingdaily).  If you tweet him a photo of your pet (or submit it online), he may pick yours to draw for free.

Meet Thomas Clausen

I first heard of Clausen on Layla Morgan Wilde’s purr-ific site, Cat Wisdom 101. She’s a huge fan of the artist (who is also an architecture student); he created a beautiful watercolor and ballpoint pen portrait of her cat Merlin for his 21st birthday.

I commented on the post where she interviewed Clausen, and where she was giving away a portrait to one lucky reader in honor of Merlin’s birthday. Clausen must have looked up my website and found a photo of Dawn.

Dawn hides under the pillow

A young Dawn, in one of her crazier moments.

Don’t you think Clausen’s drawing really captures her mischievous side?

Dawn’s Close-up

Here’s a close up of the portrait.

Portrait of a Cat Called Dawn by Thomas Clausen 100 cropped

Thanks Thomas!

Stop by Clausen’s site, Pet Portraits by Thomas Clausen, to see some of his work, or to hire him to create a custom portrait of you nonhuman family members. Or follow him on Twitter and send him a photo of your pet; maybe you’ll be lucky and wake up one morning to a pleasant surprise — one that doesn’t involve carpet.

Don’t forget! Enter to win $50 at an AAHA-accredited veterinary practice of your choice.

Would you commission a portrait of your pets?

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24 Comments on "Cat Art: Portrait of a Cat Called Dawn, by Thomas Clausen"

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  1. I’m so glad you liked it! 🙂 And thank you for all the links!!

  2. Deziz World says:

    Dat’s pawsum. She looks gweat. And can yous believe weez not have a AAHA accwedited VET wiffin’ over a hunnerd miles of us?. It’s shameful. All our VETs awe innerested in is money. Da almighty dollar.

    Luv ya’

    Dezi and Lexi

  3. easy rider says:

    it’s so great, I love how he did the eyes… Dawn is an artpiece :o) btw: I posted about my drawing by Thomas Clausen today too :o) I love it!

  4. That is really beautiful. Congratulations. ☺

  5. Ellen Pilch says:

    Beautiful drawing of Dawn.

  6. Mr. Thomas did a drawing of Zoey and it was wonderful. His drawing of Dawn is beautiful. We love his work.

  7. meowmeowmans says:

    That’s such a nice sketch of Dawn! We love Thomas’ work. 🙂

  8. He’s a very talented artist.

  9. Just saw this and shared. What a treat!

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