in 1986, whilst exhibiting in calgary, canada, i was asked to prepare a series of simple sketches which showed the essence of the feline for use in a national campaign for a canadian cat charity. those sketches became a personal favourite - a series of four ink studies titled "the essential cat" simple pen and ink designs. no.4 in a series of 4 depicting a mum with kitten in mouth . . . (this image is protected by worldwide copyright. it is wholly the property of pixagraph publishing uk and its use is strictly licensed. pixagraph publishing vigorously pursues any party who reproduces in whole or part any such image or in any way violates said copyrights. permission to use any image may be granted subject to application to www.pixagraph.com)