Color Cat Studios: Chinese art

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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Chinese Lantern Painting

I can think of a fabulous, armchair way for you to knock out some of your Christmas gifts! Big and small, there are some very special creative treats for you on my website. Here’s a festive one, called ‘Night Lights’ which really WILL light up the night for you! Find this and many more at www.colorcatstudios101.etsy.com. (30”x24” on heavy, gallery-wrapped canvas.)

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This is in a series of three paintings of Chinese lanterns. One is sold, the other, named ‘Breezy’ featuring lanterns flying in a fresh, bright sky, is also for sale on my site. I have a wide range of gift prices, from $10.00 - $900.00. Just what you need!

Saturday, September 28, 2019

Sold - Chinese Lantern Painting

‘Look at the little beauty I purchased from Cindy Hanenburg Johnson! Josie and I fell in love with it as did my grandson Andres! The colors sing to me and that Chinese lantern looks so bright, it’s lit. So happy we finally own one of your artworks. ❤️’. That’s what my friend, an AMAZING artist himself, said. As for me, I feel privileged that they wanted one of my pieces! This is one of my series of three Chinese lantern paintings. Love it! So glad it went to a good home.

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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!