I have worked hard at trapping a colony of feral cats over the past few weeks and I drew images to honor them in the process. I still have 2 cats that have eluded my trapping, but I will get them in the coming days.

The trapping was to take them in for spay/neutering so that we could prevent further population of the colony, and to help them have better health outcomes in the long run. It gives the cats better chances at life as well as keeping them from reproducing.

I posted all of the drawings of the cats for auction here in this space. Some of the drawings did not get bids in the auctions, so I thought I would reopen the bids for another day. Like the real cats, the drawings are getting a second chance!

You can bid on the drawings posted above for a limited time by clicking on the image of your interest, and then bid in the comments on the page for that drawing. Each page has the info about the drawing, including bidding and shipping cost info.

All auctions will close at 10pm Sunday, March 18, 2012.

Happy  bidding!

Here is a slideshow of all of the drawings, some of which have been sold and are no longer available for bids.

 

This auction has been reopened. Bids will be accepted until 10pm Sunday, 3/18/12.

Today’s cat is, well, I guess you could call her a tortoise shell, but then, she is very dark, so some may call her simply a black cat.

I call her beautiful.

This drawing is #19 in my series of feral cat drawings of a colony of cats with which I am intervening. I am placing each drawing up for auction bids. The details are below. If you would like to contribute to the rescue fund for the real-life cat intervention, you may do so with the ChipIn widget in the sidebar. Thank you for your consideration.

You can read more about the feral cat intervention process on my Okey’s Promise: Art for a Cause blog.

By the way, I am a part of a process to encourage the adoption of a public Trap-Neuter-Return program in the City of Canton in which I live. You can read my letter to the editor on the issue, which was published in the Canton Repository, if you would like. My hope is that many more people will recognize the benefits of TNR as a means of public animal control.

Here are the details on today’s drawing:

5″ X7″ Prismacolor Pencil and Marker Drawing on paper by artist BZTAT

Comes with an acid free mat ready for an 8″ x 10″ frame

Leave bids in increments of $5 below in the comments section.

Minimum Bid $40 USD

Shipping: $8 USA $18 International

BUY NOW OPTION: You can buy this piece now for $75 as long as no bids have been made in the comments below. Simply write BUY NOW in the comments and send a payment of $75 + shipping via the ChipIn widget in the right sidebar.

Highest bid at 10:00 pm EST on Thursday 3/8/12 wins the piece.

Winning bidder: make payment of bid + shipping to PayPal to Paypal using email address bztat at bztat.com.

Please allow 4 weeks for USA shipping.

This auction has been reopened. Bids will be accepted until 10pm Sunday, 3/18/12.

I trapped 4 cats today. The elusive orange fellow from yesterday’s post and this gray tiger striped cat have been wily and have avoided the traps! As far as I can tell, they may be the last two in the colony, so we are winding down. I will keep at it until I catch these two, and any others I may have missed.

As cute as kittens are, we are all very happy that there should be no new ones this spring in this colony.

Unfortunately, I could draw and draw and draw for the rest of my life and still not capture images of all the cats that need attention in my community. The best way to help them is to advocate for people to spay/neuter their pets, and to advocate for proactive community Trap-Neuter-Return TNR programs.

This drawing is #18 in my series of feral cat drawings of a colony of cats with which I am intervening. I am placing each drawing up for auction bids. The details are below. If you would like to contribute to the rescue fund for the real-life cat intervention, you may do so with the ChipIn widget in the sidebar. Thank you for your consideration.

You can read more about the feral cat intervention process on my Okey’s Promise: Art for a Cause blog.

By the way, I am a part of a process to encourage the adoption of a public Trap-Neuter-Return program in the City of Canton in which I live. You can read my letter to the editor on the issue, which was published in the Canton Repository, if you would like. My hope is that many more people will recognize the benefits of TNR as a means of public animal control.

Here are the details on today’s drawing:

5″ X7″ Prismacolor Pencil and Marker Drawing on paper by artist BZTAT

Comes with an acid free mat ready for an 8″ x 10″ frame

Leave bids in increments of $5 below in the comments section.

Minimum Bid $40 USD

Shipping: $8 USA $18 International

BUY NOW OPTION: You can buy this piece now for $75 as long as no bids have been made in the comments below. Simply write BUY NOW in the comments and send a payment of $75 + shipping via the ChipIn widget in the right sidebar.

Highest bid at 10:00 pm EST on Wednesday 3/7/12 wins the piece.

Winning bidder: make payment of bid + shipping to PayPal to Paypal using email address bztat at bztat.com.

Please allow 4 weeks for USA shipping.