Lucky Cat Paintings: May 2014

Friday, May 16, 2014

Fortune Lamp

This is a special cat. a few weeks ago I asked one of our students about the pink silicon wristband she was wearing. I was a bit shocked about her story. She got it from the nursing department of her mother. She had been treated for breast cancer. She told me this bracelet was a good luck charm. I was pretty touched by the story and decided to make a lucky nursing cat for her. Above you can see the scetch I made, of what I had in my head, so I wouldn't forget. Something went wrong in my orienting in the sketch, but it turned out nice in the final painting. This nursing cat gives luck and fortune. It's the first cat in a series "Lantern Cats".

"Fortune Lamp Lucky Cat", Acryl on Canvas, 10 x 10 cm, 2014

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Lime Hunter

I was looking for some high contrasting colors and came out to signal pink and lime green. Little problem was the lantern. If I did it in red it would be hardly visible and I already used a high contrast color. I used a special teint of dark blue, which works pretty nice here.

"Lime Hunter",Acryl on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, 2014

Monday, May 12, 2014

In the 808th State

Rhythm is Rhythm, it is what it is. Just like that. Derrick May knew that already in 1988. This cat is a wink to both the famous drumcomputer TR-808 and the song in the video below. It was one of the first techno tracks I heard.

Alright, it's not Rhythim is Rhythim. It's from a new series of cats I made with a Chinese or Japanese lantern with my signature.

"Rhythm = Rhythm", Acryl on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, 2014

Welcom to my Lucky Cat Paintings weblog

I am not really an artist or a serious painter. I just like playing around with paint. About 25 years ago I started paining deers and hunters in a very primitive style. Also I painted trees. All my paintings were signed with my Georg A. pseudonym signature (A. stands for for Alexander). This actually resulted in my nickname Sjors. Nowadays I don't know better, I am Sjors. I think I stopped painting around 1988 and concentrated me more on making music. In 2009 I was tickled again by the painting virus. I started painting funny cats, again under my Georg A. Pseudonym.

The wonderful world of Lucky Cats

I do not know where my cats came from. I had seen a paining of a kind of rectangular cat playing with a ball. I never found out who was the painter and actually do not even know what that painting looks like. If someone thinks he knows what paining it is, I actually really like to know.

My lucky cats are mostly painted in impossible colors. Some have texts written (Chinese or Japanese) on them, like the "Mushi Mushi cats". Some are inspired on old Russian holy icons. My "First Aid" teacher makes icons. I call these Holy Cats. Also there are Schottisch cats, Tortoise Cats, Candy Cats and Tiger cats. Probably even more will follow in the future.

All my cats are square or rectangular shaped and, of course, out of proportion. That is why they look so funny. I considder it a sport to let the head looks as small as possible compared to their body.

When I paint them, it's often just "another Lucky Cat". When they are placed in a room or public space, it is like they come to life. They seem to belong in that place. For that reason I sometimes hide a cat in a bag if it is dedicated to someone. The cat suposes to come to life in that person's personal space.

If you like my cats, please leave comments. Please remind I'm not a real artist.I do even not consider myself one. At the moment these cats are not for sale, although a lot of people have encouraged me to sell them.