Dora Hathazi Mendes has a pure talent for depicting cats in watercolor.
Dora is an artist colleague who lives with her husband and family in Portugal. We have collaborated on various art activities over the last two years. We are colleagues in that we both use Fine Art America as our Print On Demand (POD) art production facility. (FAA is the largest fine art POD in the world. )
If you like cats, as most people do, and find them fun to be around, you might just find that Dora’s art a real joy to see. That’s why I decided to share some of my favorites here on my personal website. I hope you like her paintings as much as I do.
Here is an assortment of snapshots of the above work-in-progress. There are many steps involved in creating such a lifelike likeness of the black kitten – especially in the medium of watercolor on fine art paper.
Of course some cats take a more laid back approach to life. Here is Dora’s watercolor of a ginger Maine Coon cat. The Maine Coon is the largest of domesticated cats and, even though they have active hunting skills, are laid back, fluffy and friendly. Below you can see this artwork on a notebook cover, one of the popular items also produced by Fine Art America from original art. BE sure to click the picture to see the actual piece.
Here are links (click below) to Dora Hathazi Mendes and her art at Fine Art America:
Note, please, that this is not a “sales pitch” – but should you decide to purchase something from Fine Art America, Dora will earn her artist fee and FAA will pay me a (very) small ad fee.
Dora has contributed to the success of my new Artistic Face Masks website where her designer face masks have proven to be popular sellers.
You can see my work at Bill Swartwout Photography.
Dora is a most wonderful person and artist. I came upon her website and facebook page and sent her my cat photo to model for her Madam Misty Chandler in Cape Town South Africa. She painted and published the portrait on her page and my daughter surprised me with the gorgeous original as a birthday gift. Dora is so conscientious about responding to every single comment on her page. I have so enjoyed my friendly interactions with her over the last 3 years. Well done Dora. You ‘are the best’. Love Audrey😽
What a nice compliment to Dora. I am sure she will be pleased to see that. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
I love Dora’s art. I have commissioned her to do a painting and it turned out beautiful and plan on a couple of more. Great article!
Thank you for the compliments – for both Dora’s art and my article. I also think she is amazing.
I discovered Dora on one of my Facebook cat groups and was an instant fan of her beautiful art. Our Tillie was chosen in one of her weekly “cat model” posts and I couldn’t wait for the original to arrive. Some months later, I asked Dora to do a painting of our departed Lucky as an anniversary gift to my husband. Dora’s art is superb and we are proud to have her paintings in our home. Thank you for highlighting this wonderful artist!
That is awesome. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.