Bonjour. Je suis Alain-Immanuel, le Chat Sacré de Choucher du Soleil.

It's the Holy Cat of Sun Set in Winter. Walking around, this silver cat is surrounded by enchanting colors. The sides is copper/bronze. First time I used this, though I first planned to use fox brown.

"Alain-Immanuel", Acryl on wood, 9 x 9 cm, 2013

Jean-Nicolas

I think it has been a long time that I made tigers. I specially like "candy tigers", cat's that look so colorful and bright, that it almost gives you an instant toothache. Why not combine a candy tiger into a holy cat?

I very much like the way this came "out of the paint" (literately translated Dutch expression). First I made the upper part turquoise. After that I painted the whole rest red-brown, the color of my new bought icon. The lot of decoration around the cat does make it look more festive than a holy cat. Doesn't he look so eatable?

"Jean - Niolas (Holy candy Tiger)", Acryl on Wood, 10 x 10 cm, 2013.

Holy King

Beside an icon and some T-Shirts, I also bought ultra fine paint brushes in Antwerp. Ideal for fine-tuning my cats. Specially the whiskers have been pretty problematic on my smaller cats, as even my 000 brush is maybe too big sometimes. I now have a 4-0 and a 10-0 brush. With these brush I can even give the little 1 cm angel cats wings and whiskers. Maybe I should buy a loupe, to finish these cats better.

The text on the cat says"猫の神聖な王", which means something like "Holy King of Cats".

The "Shozu" stamp of approval.

"Holy King of Cats", acryl on wood, 10 x 10 cm, 2013.

Icon.

A happy new year to my Lucky Cats weblog readers. I hope to make some new special cats this year. I went out shopping in Antwerp. I stopped by the cathedral and bought this icon. My holy cats are inspired by these paintings (in case you didn't had noticed that. Let's see if you find details back in a few of my forthcoming Holy Cats.

Sorry, my cats do not come with a certificate and stamp. They are also not ISO 9000 rated. They are only for your viewing pleasure, so that they make you feel happy and lucky.

Laurens-Jan

Laurens-Jan is the first Holy Cat I painted on wood. The panel is a little smaller than usual. Laurens-Jan's initials are painted in Greek on the cat's trunk. I like to give my "Holy Cats" unusual double names. Both Laurens and Jan are typical old Dutch names. 

A good beer was drunk during painting this cat.

ローレンス=ジャン, or Lawrence-Jean, that's close too.

"Laurens-Jan", Acryl on wood, 9 x 9 cm, 2012

Philippe-Arnoud

Philipe-Arnoud is a kind of study cat. Themes are taken over in a cat painted on wood. From my "Holy Cats" series.

"Philippe-Arnoud", Acryl on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, 2012

Holy Fire

"holy Fire Cat", Acryl on canvas 10 x 10 cm, 2012.
I made a video how I make my paintings. Somehow I had a pretty long fight with iMovie this time, but after starting over 3 times, it worked again. I'm not sure what I did wrong. The painting was inspired by Stewart M. who is a Fireman and author of Positive Paradise. I have thought this painting out in Barcelona. Not included in the video is the painting of the fire hose on the side. I had already turned off the timer. Instead of photo's, a video this time.

The Japanese characters 防火用 mean "Bouka-you", which translated mean: "For Fire Protection" (first two characters mean: "Fire Proctection", the other one means "Use as" or "Use for"). Big thanks to Debrah for figuring this out for me.

This big blue Holy Cat has a silver aura glowing around his body, to bring you fortune.

"Silver Glow Holy Cat", Acryl on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, 2011

Holy Sweet Rock Star

Strolls thought the purple nights. A holy cat from A to Z.
He's hungry. He shouts: "I want Candy!"

"Starsky Holy Cat (from A2Z)", 20 x 20 cm, acryl on canvas, 2010

Holy Cats, then and now!

The "First Aid" teacher of the Red Cross I got my lessons from paints traditional icons. I was a bit inspired by her stories. She has to pray a lot before she can start painting and she uses only the original ingredients to make paint. I do not know if it is always healthy. To get the right shade of yellow she used special cadmium components.

I thought it's nice to introduce holy cats. I have painted several already. My mother still thinks it's a setting sun behind the cats...

My first Holy Cat. I painted it about a year ago, using a lot of paint. This is a sitting cat with a dead bird. A few days before I painted this Azrael came in the house with a living bird. He ate the bird almost totally, only leaving the tail feathers. This tortoise cat can do this too. It's a holy cat! Acryl on canvas, 20 x 20 cm, "untitled", 2009.

The text on the cat says "Holy Cat". This holy cat is strolling in the magenta night. It looks like his aureole is like a torch into the dark night. "Blue Moon Holy Cat" Acryl on canvas, 20 x 20 cm, 2010.

Lucky Cat: Nigo's Bugatti Veyron version for Bram

 My son Bram likes cats. Specially our cat Azrael. Azrael loves Bram too. In and around home you can often find the two together. Bram has a small collection of miniature cats and chinese lucky cats too. Bram also liked my cat painting. I made a special cat for him.Since he is a young boy and fond of playing soldier, I decided to make a camo version. As I like vivid colors on my cats, which normally do not go with camouflage. For this cat I was inspired by Nigo's Bugatti Veyron.

I pretty much like the Bathing Ape camouflage pattern. For Bram's Lucky cat I chose a simpler Camouflage pattern. The cat is placed above the door of Bram's bedroom. This "Happy Holy Hunter" is watching over Bram when he sleeps.

Acryl on Canvas, 20 x 20 cm, "Holy Hunter", 2009.

Mountain God Holy Cat

I like watching cycling. This year the Tour de France passed about 20 kilometers from our house, so it was a great happening to watch.

So, what's the most interesting rider to watch?

Corretct, the Polkadot Jersey, sponsored by Carrefour. So this year we went on vacation in France. One time we shopped at a Carrefour. When walking trough the shop, my eyes fell on the a basket with scale models of the Carrefour Promotion cars of the Tour de France Publicity caravan.I couldn't resist to buy one of these cars. Unfortunately they were pretty expensive, so I could afford only one model.

The rest of the vacation only one thing was ghosting through my head. I want a polkadot cat. It was the first cat I painted when we came home from vacation.

 This cat is the God of the mountain. It's a Holy Cat. The god of the Mountain deserves a polkadot outfit.

Acryl on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, "Mountain God Holy Cat", 2010.