Valentine's Day Cat

Oil on 5x7 gessoed hardboard.

I did a cat last week for WDE, another for my blog, and here's the third cat painting in a row. I seem stuck in this cat-agory.
I first toned the surface with alizarin crimson acrylic.

Although I didn't work a Valentine heart into the painting, my heart is in there. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!

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Matthew5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

Invented Color

Oil on 5x7 gessoed hardboard.
Like many of you, I suppose, I have looked at the work of many, many, talented artists on the internet over the last few years. This has good rewards by showing you what is possible and revealing many things you've never thought of. Techniques and styles galore!

The downside for me was being slowly removed from being myself. I got the feeling that emulation was controlling my painting. So, with that in mind, I dug back and found one of mine that I liked from '06. I painted a loose copy...different crop etc.

The color choices are more intuitive and invented. I don't want to produce a copy of nature or a photograph. I want to produce a piece of art...a painting. At least that's how I feel today. Tomorrow- who knows??

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Matthew 10:16I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.