It’s starting to get pretty warm here, so we bought one of those 10′ x 30″ pools for the children. After the thunderstorms pass I’ll get it all set up. I’m sure I’ll end up wading in it too at some point this summer. But for now, I’ll live vicariously through these three cats, relaxing poolside, under some palm trees. =^..^=
Category: Artwork
Norwegian Forest Cats
So I was looking at the fox tea party painting and thought there needed to be another tea party. This time, there had to be cats, so why not Norwegian Forest cats? Oh, and then a bear. Because what happens when you have two Norwegian Forest cats, having tea in the forest, and a bear just happens to come along wearing a proper tea hat? She’s invited to join them, of course!
Foxes
Foxes have got to be one of the most beautiful animals. I wish I would be lucky enough to happen upon one (from a distance) in the forest when we’re trotting about. So far, no luck. We saw some while driving around the battlefields in Gettysburg a couple years ago. Unfortunately, it was pitch dark!
Hopefully one day, I’ll be able to add some photos I’ve taken of foxes. =)
Volvo Cats
I’m a huge vintage Volvo fan. It started with my first car, a 1969 144 Volvo. It was a beast but it ran like a dream in the Washington state Winters. Then one day it died and I couldn’t afford to fix it, I was devastated. Since then I’ve had 4 Volvos total. The current one is a 1982 244 DL with 30k original miles. It’s rough, probably because it sat for years, and no one in this tiny Pennsylvania town we moved to will touch it. Ah well… On to the painting! So I love to paint cats in Volkswagens, and a few years ago I thought, “Why not Volvos?” There’s a lot of us Volvo lovers out there, that also love cats. =)
One day, I decided to see if I could bring a painting “to life” with my own cats and Volvo. It was hilarious, and I spent most of the time laughing so hard I could barely focus (which is why the focus is off…). I’m glad I tried though, nothing funnier than seeing your own cats at the wheel of your car. The whole idea was that they were going on a road trip, and picking up my daughter on the way.
I’ve painted quite a few Volvo Road Trip cat paintings, and I think the next one with be a nice little P1800. =)
The Robin’s Nest – Painting for the Day
Two curious kittens couldn’t help themselves, they had to get a peek into the Robin’s nest!
The Puppeteer and the Fortune Teller
The Puppeteer and her marionette put on quite an interesting show.
But it was the fortune teller who ultimately stole the show!
Scaredy Cats #20
The Scaredy Cats are a series I started about 6 years ago, mixing my love of old beds, with kitties. I should probably add that my own daughter is an inspiration for this series as well. To this *day* she doesn’t want to sleep in her own bed. She’s getting better though and no longer mentions the little boy who talks to her, as often.
Yellow Volkswagen Bugs
One of my favorite things to paint is my Cats’ Road Trip series of cats driving around in cars, mostly VW’s. I’ve been painting this series for 8 years and still think there are more color combinations yet to paint!
To see some more of my Cats’ Road Trip VW series, click here!
I also collect Volkswagen model cars, or to-scale cars. I don’t have a huge collection, maybe about 15 cars and buses so far. They come in handy when I want to do a little photo shoot with my son’s Star Wars toys. =P
Hello WordPress!
Apparently I created an account with WordPress back in 2008, and soon forgot about it. So now I’m going to waste time trying to figure out how to use this, make it look how I’d like, then decide if I’m going to keep it. =)
I also have to decide on whether I want to use this for just my artwork, or for my photographs too. I’m a bit addicted to taking photos of anything and everything. Sometimes taking photos of things that I’ll later use in paintings. The two work pretty well together!
Anyhow, I’ll sleep on it and see how things go!
