Color Cat Studios

Sunday, June 5, 2016

M. C. Escher Quote

This is so very true. M. C. Escher quote on my art. I love Escher's work, and many of his quotes are right on as well.

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Pileated Woodpecker Painting

This #pileatedwoodpecker is sold, but just came to greet you. Have a good day!

Landscape Painting

A detail of my cheery painting, 'Outside My Window.' I particularly love the colors and impressionistic look of this one.

Here's another section of the painting:

It's for sale. You can see the painting in its entirety at

colorcatstudios101.etsy.com

Friday, June 3, 2016

Zooming in on my onion #painting . Into each life a LOT of #onions must fall! I love the splashes of gold paint I added to this piece. Really warms up and enriches it. Check out the site for the entire painting.

Purchase at colorcatstudios101.etsy.com

Thursday, June 2, 2016

Owl Painting

Everybody loves my owl! And he fairly glows, too! Here you have him in all his watchful glory. He is housebroken and needs a new home. Purchase and all details at colorcatstudios101.etsy.com

Matisse Quote

Here's a Matisse quote on my photo. This is so very true! By the way, I swished my camera over art crayons until I got this shot. :)

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Gardener's Dream

Milky layers and golds bring out the glorious colors in this ethereal garden beauty. For sale at colorcatstudios101.etsy.com You can find a full description there.

I have a couple closeups below; note the color changes. This is a very difficult piece to photograph but suffice it to say that it's bright, milky, and reflective-goldish! :0

Turkish tour

Another look at those natural color-sources. I asked about cochineal, because you couldn't just have that on a shelf, and yes, their deep reds are cochineal. It's a South American insect that is a parasite to the prickly pear. Owners deposit them into their fields, and blow them off and collect them once they're big. Then they crush their fat, bloody bodies for a nice, natural, red dye. I'm so happy to report that the rug we purchased has cochineal in it. I'm also happy to report that it's likely in your lipstick and blush, ladies, and if you drink cherry coke - it's in there, too! :)

'My' Chair

At our theatre the other night we had an orchestra meeting after I taught my sets class. After about a half hour, someone pulled me out of the meeting for a few minutes. When I came back, everyone in the room was laughing and pointing to the nice, uh, black leather chair. I had paint on the back of my shirt, and it permanently smeared all over the leather! The last time I went in the office, I noticed that someone had taped up the sign you see here. One way to lay claim to something! Well, it's not the first time, let's see, there's my driveway with many colors of paint, our carpet with Peter Pan green footprints, my car with yellow paint on the seat, my gloves, half of my clothes. It seems like everyone likes my painted clothes, kind of like already-broken-in-jeans. Maybe I should start a clothing line!