Cats

I have inserted cats into some of my other paintings, so look for them on other pages. What can I paint for you? Contact me for info!

"Rascal" acrylic on an 8x8 gallery-wrapped canvas $90

"Flutterby" mixed media on a 10x8 traditional canvas SOLD

"Miss Moxie" textured acrylic on a 16x12 gallery-wrapped canvas. SOLD

"Miss Prixie Pants" textured acrylic on a 20x16 traditional canvas. Made as a gift for my daughter - the background is supposed to look like Prixie painted it herself.

The "Cat Room" Project

My daughter, Jennifer Truett, asked me to paint a mural in her cat room, but I didn't want to spend a lot of time standing on a ladder painting, so I decided to make individual images that could be mounted on the walls or windows.. These take a LOT of paint because acrylic shrinks as it dries. My first pieces wound up with pinholes that let light through, but they were lightweight enough to stick to the window glass with no other adhesive. They've been up for several months now with no problem. Other pieces were attached to the walls with double-sided poster tape except for the very first one we hung, the Gypsy Cat, which is on removable tab stickers - you can see the tabs behind her ears. Then, after creating these pieces, I decided to do a mural on the 10 foot x 10 foot blank wall that was left.  I worked on it for six months, working 2 to 6 hours a day. It sure was fun!

The mural was finished on Feb. 14, 2022. As Jen wanted, there's a LOT of glitter on it! She wanted sparkle! The red tree and the clouds were all inspired by my visit to the Van Gogh Experience. The live cat in this picture is Larry-Berry, who is the newest addition to their cat family.

A feathery rainbow sun and some Van Gogh inspired clouds over the door.

This kitten has a faux opal cabochon on her forehead.

A very glittery Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitten. The sphere on her neck looks clear unless you look straight into it, as you can see in its shadow.

I've read in many stories that Unicorns are tiny, so I made them smaller than the winged horses and the Alicorn. These are covered with glitter and have beautiful beads at the tip of their horns.

"Crouching Cat" made of acrylic paint that was painted on the shiny side of freezer paper. If he weren't so thick, he would stick to glass with no adhesive. He has double-stick poster tape behind him.

"Sleepy Cat" is shown on the freezer paper where I painted him.

A thornless rosebush, since this is a magical land. The cat on the right is unfinished. The finished cat is the red, pink and blue one with the hearts in the picture below.

The Heart Cat has a faux turquoise cabochon on her chest. This is the cat that was unfinished in the rosebush picture.

This Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitten has tilted her head looking at the ladybug (a bead that looks like a ladybug) on the leaf above her.

This Alicorn (unicorn with wings or a winged horse with a horn) is based on Jen's horse, Dreamy. This photo is before all the animals got glittered.

"Gypsy Cat" has lots of jewels, heart-shaped beauty marks and an elegant coat.

"Surprised Cat" is based on a photo I saw online of a cat with that same expression. He wasn't the same colors as this cat . . .

The walls in  the room are a soft sage green.

On the left are Surprised Cat in the window with some butterflies I made while experimenting with how to do these cats, and Gypsy Cat to the right. Surprised Cat and the butterflies are just stuck to the glass by pressing the acrylic against the glass - no adhesive. They'll peel right off.

In the picture below, Sleepy Cat is above the window frame toward the center of the room and 4 Cats are on the window to the right. 4 Cats has swirls of mixed colors in each cat, and they all have beaded collars.

The painting with grapes wasn't for this room - I brought it over after finishing it to show Jen.