Color Cat Studios: Big Ben

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Saturday, December 29, 2018

Big Ben Commission

Although this looks like my original painting ‘Reconstructing Alice,’ it’s not. Someone commissioned me to paint one in a different size for a surprise Christmas gift for her daughter. Looks luscious in the sunshine. I can post it now that Christmas is over! Now it’s time to wish you all a happy new year, and if you love this painting, my original 40x40 is for sale.

I love the closeups of this:

Once it was dry I laid down the red art crayon for a compliment. LOVE IT!

My website is

colorcatstudios101.etsy.com

If you’d like to check out the 40x40 I still have for sale. You’ll be surprised at both the likenesses and the differences.

Sunday, September 2, 2018

Big Ben Painting Explained

Here is the partner painting to Jabberwock which I just posted, although this is 30” square and the gears painting is, I think, 20”x24”. I grew up helping my dad build, well, everything, and am familiar with the chalk line. I used mine to get the perspective straight in this piece and loved the look! Look closely and you’ll see red lines from the thwack of my string. I liked it so much that I painted over them to make them permanent. This painting of Big Ben is named ‘Reconstructing Alice,’ for Refine Arts’ show of the same name.

This piece and its partner, Jabberwock, are for sale on my website, www.colorcatstudios101.etsy.com

Friday, March 30, 2018

Big Ben Painting

Here are some super-close closeups of my Big Ben painting. I love the perspective lines. Originally I laid these down with the thwunk of a carpenter’s chalk line, and liked them so much that I decided to make them permanent and laid down paint on top.

This was painted for our daughter’s show ‘Reconstructing Alice,’ hence the painting’s name. She has her own dance company, Refine Arts, and writes her own shows, choreographs and directs shows for theaters, choreographs shows for schools, on and on. This and its mate were painted to grace the ticket hall so patrons could see them when they came in. For sale colorcatstudios101.etsy.com.

Oh my goodness, I adore the colors in this painting!!!

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Big Ben Painting

At 36” square, this Big Ben is hanging at Fielding’s Grill looking for a home. It’s also on my website colorcatstudios101.etsy.com for $850.00.

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!