Icon Pussy

Last time I was in Antwerp, I visited the cathedral. In the shop I saw a beautiful icon. I still regret I did not buy it, because it was not really expensive. I think there might be a series of new Holy Cats in the future, but then painted on wood, if I get the chance to get the right materials.

I'm so happy I bought the gold and silver paints. The blue cat in real contrasts very strong to the brilliant red.

"Yes, I'm a Holy Puss"

"Holy"

Real icons have no title and are not signed. I cannot live without my sign and year on a painting. I went for a compromise. It is signed on the back (on advice of Eva).

 title less ("Holy Puss", acryl on canvas, 10 x 1 0 cm, 2012  

Yellow Toitle

Bram requested me to paint a yellow cat. "A yellow cat?". -"Yes, with a purple background, so you get a good contrast". Well if a 11 year old boy can come up with these words, I should try to paint it. Well, here is the result. Bram was a little disappointed. He rather would have had a straight yellow cat with no structures. I told him that would have been a very dull cat and he agreed. I like the background It's like a storm on an icy planet.

"Yellow Tortoise", Acryl on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, 2012

Spot on

Another graffiti cat. Hey it wasn't me. That used spray can is just circumstantial evidence.

There are many layers of translucent candy pink to create this cat. The tiger stripes are made with glossy red. It's very hard to catch this cat on photo, as the contrasts are very big.

Good thing I have silver paint. Bad thing, I have a macro lens. Optical it looked like a perfect spray can with spray cap. With such a close-up, the cap doesn't seem perfect anymore :-)

"Can you spot me", Acryl on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, 2012

Lorenz

I found this tube of copper paint in my local shop for artwork stuff. A nice occasion to check it out on a cat. Meet Lorentz. It's like the copper stripes are like a coil around his big silver body. Well, I don't have to explain his name isn't it. He's named after the famous Dutch Physician Hendrik Lorentz.

The force of Lorentz. Can you feel it!

"Lorentz", acryl on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, 2012

Another Cheetah!

I think there must be more cheetahs. I love themI need to work on the base color. This one is nice, but it would have been better if I made the purple tone a little lighter. I love the background. It looks like home made cherry ice cream.

"Spotzy", Acryl on Canvas, 10 x 10 cm, 2012

Let the Tiger lead you the Way.

It's hard to find your way through the jungle. This orange tiger with dark blue stripes can lead you the way and bring you love, fortune and happiness.  "Come with Me"  was inspired by "Come with Us"  by the Chemical Brothers.

"Big Jungle Tiger", Acryl on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, 2012

Golden Tartan

An alternative look at tartan patterns. It's silver on new gold over antique gold. A pretty blingy cat.

"Da Golden Tartan Lucky Cat", Acryl on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, 2012

This weekend I got these two ducks from Hilde. She once was a student at my school and she now is almost finished with at the Tech University of Delft. She found these ducks in a shop and thought, that with a little moderation, this was a nice present for me.

There are some nice thoughts behind these ducks. These Ducks are like twins, and Hilde is half a twin, I paint cats and I'm from the Netherlands (NL). I didn't see the the third clue at once. "It's like all those shirts and hoodies you wear. They often say KIKS TYO, so I made these for you, CATS NL".

"Hey, I can remote shoot from my computer!"

Gus

"Hi there, I'm Gus. I'm a big blue cat. I give me some love and I will bring you luck and fortune".

"Gus", Acryl on Canvas, 10 x 10 cm, 2012

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