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

Mini Pusy.

I had a little piece of wood left after sawing the 10 x 10 cm planks. I managed to make a 2.5 x 2.5 cm plank out of it. It's almost a cube... With the new paint brushes I got, it's fairly easy to make such a small cat. I think he looks funny too. It does not really have a name (yet), but since it felt I made this  cat (the cat only, not the background) was finished in maybe 5 minutes (well, it actually took me probably about 15 - 20 minutes in real), I call it my "5 Minute Cat".

"I am BIG!". Isn't he cute?

It's too small to sign on the front, it was even hard on the side...

"Untitled (5 minute cat)", Acryl on Wood, 25 x 25 mm, 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.

Night Trippin'

It's not the easies cat to photograph. The night tripper walks in a Phthalo Blue sky. The cat is almost fluorescent pink with purple spots. Note: the "Japanese Stamp" was not good in the first photograph. It has been retouched later (see other pics).

This square is inspired by Japanese stamps. It says "Sho-Zu" (Sjors in Japanese). 

"Night Tripper", Acryl on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, 2012.

Fire Storm

This must be a holy cat in a hot environment. At least, I think it is. The background look like stormy flames or lava. Hence the name, Fire Storm, which is written with silver characters on his body. On his body, you can see also an Japanese inspired stamp. From the photo I found from an on-line Japanese shop. It seems the stamp means "Luck", although I usually use "幸運". I very much love the use of Phthalo Blue, in combination with silver accents.

"Holy Cat, Fire Storm". This cat has bronze whiskers and silver grey eyes.

"Fire Storm", acryl on canvas, 20cm x 20cm, 2012.

Hopper

I haven't been painting for months, but I picked up my paintbrushes again to create some last cats for 2012. Meanwhile enjoying a nice beer.

This is Hopper. It was also a little finger exercise. I got some new brushes and tried a technique with wild strokes on the canvas. I sometimes use a similar green/yellow striped combo as background, but this time I made a "grass" cat. I used a turquoise lining to accentuate the contrast to the red and blue background.

"Hopper", Acryl on canvas, 20 cm x 20 cm, 2012

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