Thursday, November 5, 2015

"Here Kitty" oil by RK Schlueter

Oil on 16x20" canvas.
I took the photo for this painting ten or so years ago. I used to walk around the city of Eureka looking for cats to photo and then paint from.  It was a wonderful experience, every cat either wanted to say hi or did not. And of course some ran away. What struck me about the process was cats I had never met before, would lavish their attention on me. It was clear they were happy to visit and have my attention lavished on them. I swear some even posed, like this one, tail up and straight toward me. I always felt extremely grateful for their compliance. 

3 comments:

  1. That tail and stance is terrific and love the stippling!

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  2. I like your sophisticated design, color notes and sense of movement. beautiful!

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  3. Thank you both so much! Means a lot.

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