With a background in graphic design, painting, ceramics, sculpture, and textiles, paired with an obvious passion for mid-century modern design and cats, this artist is a new Moderncat fave. She goes by CZM and her art is oh, so mod. She has a huge portfolio that includes an entire line of cat paintings — Cubist Cats, Abstract Cats, Black Cats, Minimalist Cats, Gorey Mod Cats, and Funky Space Cats. Plus, there’s her signature El Gato Gomez, the embodiment of all that is hip and cool.
CZM’s cool cats also show up in some of her character paintings as well as with Le Diable. There are so many awesome cat paintings to choose from, I had a hard time picking my favorites to share with you here, so please take a look at CZM’s website to see them all for yourself.
Enter to Win a Custom Cat Portrait from CZM!
This is a terrific giveaway that I’m sure you will be excited about! One lucky winner will get a free customized CZM painting of their very own moderncat! The custom portrait will be 8″ x 10″ gouache on mat board and will be designed based on photographs of the winner’s cat. The winner will even get to choose any of CZM’s styles for the painting, or she can create something totally original. How cool is that?
To enter, please leave a comment on this post. The winner will be chosen in a random drawing on October 29 and contacted via email. One entry per person.
October 24th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
These are so unique! So different than the usual cat portrait. These will look great with my modern decor!
October 24th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
great giveway. I love this pictures.
October 24th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
these are awesome!
October 24th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
I’d love a portrait of my cat. Not sure whether my cat has an opinion or not.
October 24th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
These are great! I really love the mid-century mod-cat style and would really dig having them in my home!
October 24th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Very cool! I love the clean, minimalist lines.
October 24th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Very pretty!
October 24th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
this is so cool! hope i win!
October 24th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Brilliant artwork!
October 24th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Snowball is really cute, and he would like to show his purrsonality with this picture for the holidays!
October 24th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
What fun and original work!!
October 24th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
I love these pictures, I need more walls built just for them.
October 24th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
OH MY GOSH! Best giveaway ever!
October 25th, 2009 at 1:05 am
I love the black cat pictures, even though the last cat I had was pale gold.
October 25th, 2009 at 4:20 am
It’s fabulous!
October 25th, 2009 at 5:22 am
OHM! The’re Purrrfect! I can only imagine how my tow rex cats will look! Really what a wonderful idea to modernize one’s best friends!
October 25th, 2009 at 5:25 am
OMG! They’re Purrfect! I can only imagine how my crex kitties will look modernized! Really, what a wonderful idea to have created for the holidays.
October 25th, 2009 at 7:09 am
A warm colours painting of a cat would be a great solution for those cold days!
October 25th, 2009 at 7:18 am
This is the one I have wanted to win most!!
October 25th, 2009 at 7:19 am
How wonderful! Love them all.
October 25th, 2009 at 7:29 am
These are just too cool,I would like to have one of the late,great Precious,lost her in August,and I think she would approve.
October 25th, 2009 at 8:21 am
so beautiful. Those cats would look great as tattoos as well.
October 25th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Very sweet!!
October 25th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Very Jetson and cute!!
October 25th, 2009 at 8:49 am
So modern! Really eye-catching!
October 25th, 2009 at 8:52 am
my husband and i would love to have a family portrait with our kitties. how cute would that be?
October 25th, 2009 at 8:55 am
So freaking awesome. I love the girl with the 5 cats. that is totally me!
October 25th, 2009 at 8:55 am
These remind me of my childhood! Love them
October 25th, 2009 at 9:38 am
I Love Love Love these paintings. So modern chic and colorful. Somewhat abstract and beautiful!
October 25th, 2009 at 9:44 am
How wonderful are these?! They put the cool in cool cat!
October 25th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Wow, her artwork is beautiful!
October 25th, 2009 at 11:34 am
These are just the cat’s meow. Wish I could win this one.
October 25th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Very interesting artwork!
October 25th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
These are awesome! I just found modern cat as I’m looking for a scratching post… good timing with this contest
October 25th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
gorgeous darlings!
October 25th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Lovely kitties. Fun!
October 25th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
love these!
October 25th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
This is so cool. I love CZM’s cats in any style…!!! And I’d love to have any of my furry children inmortalized in a canvas…
October 25th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
just beautiful
October 25th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
I would love to see my cat in this style. Though I think siamese are more mod than maine coons
October 25th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
These are fantastic! I would love a painting to put in our home office.
October 25th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
I loveeee the blue and black one.
October 25th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
These are outstanding! I would absolutely love to have a custom portrait done of me and my kitties.
October 25th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
these are awesome!
October 25th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
i like the modern cat art.
October 25th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
What wonderful cat art! I love it!
October 25th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
I love these! What great pieces of feline art!
October 25th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
meooooooooooooooooooooow
October 25th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
How lovely. Winner or not I think one of these will have to be on proud display in our home very soon.
October 26th, 2009 at 2:19 am
My cats would look oh so chic in a mod style portrait. Thanks for this great giveaway!