Reflections – A Painting Of Two Black Cats – Commission

This is a painting I’ve been working on for several months. Gerry came to me for a birthday present for his wife and now that she has it I can show you – Happy birthday Wendy!

Their two cats are quite the hunters, Big Cat brings in fir cones, apples, live grasshoppers, huge spiders (live! eek!), mice and small birds, all alive, and frogs that Gerry releases back into the river. He even brought in a huge koi that a passing heron had dropped. Small Cat defends the house from any live animal that comes near and it soon becomes a dead animal, which he proudly displays in a line. But he never interferes with Big Cat’s live offerings. What a pair! :-)

So the idea was born to capture their inner selves in their reflections. Leopards seemed appropriate for such an enterprising duo. It’s a 20×16 inch oil painting.