artist – Ryan Conners – KilkennyCat Art & Photography

Posted on May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 by kilkennycat — Leave a comment

New Digital Art: The Yogurt Thief

My cats don’t eat ‘people’ food, and even though I paint a lot of cats drinking coffee, tea, boba, etc., that’s more about me and my obsession with coffee. I can sit down and enjoy a meal without kitties staring me down, willing me to feed them what delicious food is in front of me…unless it’s yogurt. Yogurt or skyr. My cats (specifically Willow) go nuts over these things and I’m not 100% sure why. If yogurt is left unattended for a even a second, Willow is there stealing a lick. So that is the inspiration for the latest piece of digital art I created for this week. The Yogurt Thief.

The Yogurt Thief is available on many items in my Society6 Shop!

Posted on August 15, 2014April 20, 2021 by kilkennycat — Leave a comment

Merlin the Maine Coon

“Merlin the Maine Coon”

-Painted with Golden acrylics.
-Approx. 10″ x 7 1/4″ x 1″ Piece of pine (left over from shelves I put up)
-Topped with two coats of gloss varnish.
-Signed, titled, and dated on the back by me!

Merlin was a fan of popular cats, so he couldn’t wait to have his portrait painted while wearing his favorite t-shirt!

Posted on January 18, 2014April 20, 2021 by kilkennycat — Leave a comment

Cat Nap Fishing

“Cat Nap Fishing”

-Painted with Golden acrylics.
-Approx. 10″ x 7 1/4″ x 1″ Piece of pine
-Topped with two coats of gloss varnish.
-Signed, titled, and dated on the back by me!

Rosebud thought it was the purrfect time to catch a nap, right before he catches dinner. =)

Posted on April 9, 2013April 20, 2021 by kilkennycat — Leave a comment

The Eastlake Room Cats

I’m a huge fan of Eastlake furniture. Growing up with a house full of antiques, I never changed my love of them (seeing as most of those antiques are in this house), and like to include things around the house in my paintings. Now most of you with cats will think this unrealistic. The vase would be knocked over, the flowers spewed across the floor, maybe some petals stuck to the walls, and those chairs would be shredded. This painting is more like the “calm before the storm” as I think I might actually paint it again with a more overboard representation of a cat room. =P

Posted on April 7, 2013April 20, 2021 by kilkennycat — Leave a comment

Rocking Robin!

For a few years I’ve painted a little series of cats riding rocking birds. My mother has this neat old carved rocking horse…well it’s not a horse, it’s a toucan! That inspired the series which I’m going to continue this year. I’ve only painted a handful of rocking birds, and the crow one I’ve painted a few times by request. I like the toucan one best myself. =)

cat on a rocking starling — Cat on a rocking starling.

Posted on April 5, 2013April 20, 2021 by kilkennycat — Leave a comment

Chicken Ride!

Last year we took Puddy and Merlin out to say hello to the chickens. We cautiously introduced them (cats were on harnesses) and it turned out the cats were 1. more interested in chomping on the grass, and 2. the chickens scared the cats! Needless to say, there weren’t many more visits. That said, as I was sitting at my desk this morning, wondering which painting to start first, the chicken one I’d drawn out a while ago won out. Why? Well, because as I was thinking, I could hear the chickens bok’ing outside as they laid their eggs!

Chicken and Cat WIP — Painting the barred rock hen.

Posted on April 4, 2013May 19, 2013 by kilkennycat — Leave a comment

Portrait with Flowers

This month’s photography theme at Froknowsphoto.com is “flowers” so the first thing that popped into my head was recreating Anna as Frida in the Vogue shot. With a little bit of makeup and some sunshine, I’m happy with how they turned out.

Posted on May 9, 2012May 9, 2012 by kilkennycat — Leave a comment

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