These beautiful calligraphic images are the work of Lisa Stewart of ECStewart Designs. Lisa has obviously spent time observing feline body language and she does a wonderful job of capturing familiar gestures and poses with her elegant brush & ink technique.
Lisa’s CalligraphyCats are available as framed and unframed prints, notecards, sterling silver jewelry (pictured above), and on a variety of other merchandise.
BONUS GIVEAWAY!
ECStewart Designs is offering Moderncat readers the chance to win an unframed print of Lisa’s signature design Bacchus & the Ball of Yarn, plus a set of CalligraphyCats Volume 1 notecards! To enter, please check out all the fabulous CalligraphyCats designs then come back here and leave a comment on this post with your favorite. The winner will be chosen in a random drawing on April 19.
April 14th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Its amazing how just a few lines can convey so much. Eros and the Empty bowl is my favorite of the group.
April 14th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
My favorite design is “Lay” because that’s what my cats do best. Very elegant designs!
April 14th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Wow….what beauty in the simplicity.
April 14th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Those notecards are PAWESOME an’ furry beautiful. Excellent work!
DMM
April 14th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Those are all so elegant. I love Eros & the Empty Bowl. It’s an all-too-familiar sight (even when the bowl is full).
April 14th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
My fav is “Licketh”
April 14th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
That has got to be the coolest cat priny I have ever seen. Very sophisticated. It reminds me of my two Siamese purebreds. I would feel hored if i hung one of these prints in my home.
April 14th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
These are incredible. What a great representation of the life of cats in a beautiful artistic depiction. Congratulations!
Nikki and her kitties!
April 14th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
These are absolutely delightful!!!!!
April 14th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
They are all quite nice.
April 14th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Absolutely stunning – captures felines in their many poses. I know a number of cat lovers that will adore these items as gifts…December is only 8 months away!
April 14th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
I will take the prints please!!!! : )
April 14th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Wonderful Designs.
April 14th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Lisa MUST be a cat lover. Her designs are breathtaking. Eros and the empty Bowl and Purreth are my favorites.
April 14th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
As DaVinci said – the smallest feline is a masterpiece!… even the smallest feline’s butt
… love “Walketh Away”!
April 15th, 2009 at 1:14 am
I like them all but I think Strutter is my favorite. Such attitude, like mine.
April 15th, 2009 at 4:45 am
J’adore beggeth!
April 15th, 2009 at 5:44 am
lovely work….the essence of kitty!!!
April 15th, 2009 at 6:25 am
What wonderful, elegantly simple art! I love it.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:05 am
runneth away perfectly captures what i often see of my kitties. love it!
April 15th, 2009 at 8:24 am
My favourite is “Strutter”
April 15th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Fantastic art! I think Eros and the Empty Bowl is my favorite, though it’s very hard to choose. Play and Bacchus are wonderful, too.
April 15th, 2009 at 9:11 am
I absolutely love “beggeth” & “licketh”, gorgeous.
April 15th, 2009 at 9:26 am
Beggeth…as I sit here I see two perfect renditions of Beggeth looking at me from the floor. Lots of nice items on the site.
April 15th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Chaser is my current favorite, but I really like almost every one. So elegant and goofy at the same time.
April 15th, 2009 at 11:54 am
I love them all the designs are so beautiful !!
April 15th, 2009 at 11:55 am
I love the note cards so much. I am a note card fanatic actually…
April 15th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Runneth Away made me laugh…Walketh Away is good too. I also love Stretcher–such a familiar pose around here! The work is beautiful–capturing the essence of each motion with so few strokes. Fantastic!
April 15th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
I’ve been absent from the net for a couple of days, so when checking out ModernCat, my eye caught the beautiful print in this post; “Bacchus & the Ball of Yarn” .. I then saw the give away sign, checked the site and despite the abundant quality of all the pieces; this remains my favourite by far.
April 15th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
‘Strutter’ reminds me of my own cats. I have 3!
April 15th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
I love these designs, especially the necklace. I might have to try to make something similar myself.
April 15th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
All of the designs are lovely, but I think my purrsonal favorite is “Beggeth”.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
I love how solid her line quality is in her art, and how elegant her designs are on all her mechandise. Please enter me in the contest and thanks for having such a great website.
April 15th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
I can’t decide whether I like Bacchus and the ball of yarn (though a little mousey would also be cute) more, or the Eros snubbing the bowl picture. They both remind me of my mischievous lovelies so much. The drawings are so elegant in their simplicity. It’s amusing how easy it is to pick out the most familiar poses among your own brood. =^_^=
April 16th, 2009 at 3:57 am
Lovely work! My personal favourites are “Bacchus”, “Beggeth” and “Bouncer”
April 16th, 2009 at 7:24 am
I love Beggeth!
Thanks for the giveaway!
April 16th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
i like the wineplay!
April 16th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
What lovely, simple artwork. Sometimes less is more.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
I love Beggeth but have to say that I love all of them. The artwork is so beautiful and I love the way it captures the heart, soul and playfulness of the cat. It is easy to see that she puts so much talent and love into her work and that is what makes them all so beautiful and unique.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Walketh Away worketh for me.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
my favorite is the celtic circular cats, it reminds of my cats when they’re all cuddled together
April 16th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Purreth is my favorite! Thanks for the chance to win! wgbc1446 at yahoo dot com
April 16th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
My fave is Pouncer – thanks!
April 17th, 2009 at 3:31 am
I would love the chance to win, thanks.
April 17th, 2009 at 4:27 am
My favorite is Eros & the empty bowl.
April 17th, 2009 at 7:16 am
I like all of them but my favorite is Beggeth and Bacchus & the Ball of Yarn.
Thanks for the great giveaway.
April 17th, 2009 at 7:50 am
I honestly love them all. You have truly captured the essence and true grace of the feline. Though each cat is unique, your simple yet exquisite designs convey the universality of our precious cats.
I think my most favorite is “Licketh” – but “Beggeth” and “Eros & the Empty Bowl” come in a very close second.
I am simply amazed how expressive (and brilliant) you are with a few perfect lines. I feel confident that everyone who sees your creations must truly feel that YOU personally know their cats very intimately and that each of your drawings is actually of their cats! You are THAT good. Thank you!
April 17th, 2009 at 8:32 am
They are all wonderful, but if I had to choose it would be Purreth. Thanks
April 17th, 2009 at 8:48 am
My fave is “Strutter”…it sooo reminds me of my Sodie cat! These are great! Thanks!
April 17th, 2009 at 9:26 am
I especially love Stretcher and Purreth. I like the concept of Celtic Dinnertime since I have five cats, but sure can’t imagine them all sharing dinner like that!