I finally finished my second cat painting.

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35. That's a wonderful tribute to Jeoffrey

You caught that natural inborn sense of relaxed feline regality that cats have without even trying. Jeoffrey owns those colorful surroundings and knows how to use them to great effect.

It reminds me a little of ancient stylized Egyptian art where the heads are always in profile while the shoulders and torso are depicted frontally and the legs are also in profile. I like the contrast of the sharp lines and shapes of the material with his draped and relaxed body depicted in soft colors and a smooth furry coat. His arm and paw are perfectly rendered to show a slightly tense balance yet with a feeling of sleek ease. Painting his head in profile is incredibly striking, giving the quality of cat-ness which to us, as observers, is so mysterious. It’s a wonderful painting.