Most days, Kentfield artist Michael Leu doesn’t need to go far for inspiration. All it takes is a little time with Fuzzy, his beloved orange and white cat, a frequent visitor to his home studio.

BELOVED for her beautiful paintings and prints of cats and flowers, Elizabeth Blackadder, who has died aged 89, was a shy, dedicated artist who made history as the first woman to be elected to ...

From the early 1970s, cats and flowers played an increasingly visible part in her work, so much so that she became known as the cat and flower artist.