Color Cat Studios

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Crisp Solo Show

Here I am in Crisp Wine Beer Eatery explaining what the Chinese characters in my painting mean. Come out to Crisp on Research Forest for my solo show at their Legendary Tasty Tuesday wine tasting 6:00-9:00 on March 28.

Leaves Painting

Another go at this big boy. When they're 36"x48" or bigger I have to paint outside. Gorgeous day for outside work! This one is in the same series as 'Enter;' same theme, different color scheme.

These colors are so pretty, I'm excited about finishing. Getting close.

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Teeny Tiny Art Time

This means 'perfume,' and you can clearly see the plant from which perfume originates. I adore Chinese calligraphy and learning the language.

An Artist's Bookshelf

Books. An extremely small sampling of my books. Love them. I read a LOT.

Solo Show

Mark your calendars... my show is coming up! This show fills the place with 28 of my paintings, which represent two years of my work. I would love to see you come out to support me!

Monday, February 20, 2017

Geraniums

A closeup of 'Subtle Riot.' Shot with silver and unusually applied paints, these flowers are a riot to enjoy. For sale on my website.

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Smiles All Around

A closeup of a section of my painting Smiles all Around for sale on my website. This one is pen and liquid acrylics on YUPO.

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!