That Darn Cat!


"That Darn Cat"
oil on canvas

This is my contribution to Karin Jurick’s DSFDF Challenge. Sometimes I like to tell a story with my paintings. Karin strongly suggested that we follow our intuitions on this challenge so I allowed my illustration background to come though on this project.

This is what I imagine would happen if I put a dish of sushi with crabmeat and soy sauce on my kitchen counter. My "counter kitty" Dorie loves anything with fish and I recently found out she likes soy sauce too.

The hardest thing to paint was her tongue licking up soy sauce and getting the right color. I found an old tube of Rose Madder made just the right pink I was looking for. Now I think it would be fun to paint Dorie licking up milk.

19 comments:

  1. Rose Madder! I'll remember that. Love this Carol. You're always surprising me with your depth and breadth of talent!

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  2. Wonderful job, Carol. I love the addition of the beautifully painted cat.

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  3. You have done a great job! I love it. My cats also love sushi, but only the fish part. lol

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  4. Carol, I love it! I would probably spoil my cat the same way. :)

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  5. The tongue is realistic, the art is great and the spin you put on this purrfect.Nice

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  6. but MY cat never gets on the counter...or the furniture...

    cute painting! I bailed this month, too many other commitments! Next month, watch out!

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  7. Very fun and a sweet portrait. She must like the saltiness of the sauce. Well done!

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  8. Carol this piece is undeniably a labor of love - you've expressed a very sweet depiction.

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  9. Another fun DSFDF painting! Dorie looks great! Don't you think you owe her a California roll now for modeling : )

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  10. Hello Carol - My very first thought when I saw your painting was, "wow, she nailed the cat's tongue". Excellent composition, color, brushstrokes...I look forward to seeing more paintings of Dorie!

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  11. I'll bet Dorie loved modeling for this one Carol. Great take on this.

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  12. Thanks everyone for your great comments! Dorie is on my counter more often than I like but fortunately she only drinks water from the sink. I checked to see if she likes soy sauce and was surprised she lapped it up looking for more. I wouldn't really let her eat sushi, well maybe a little bit since she deserves it for all the wonderful comments on her modeling, sweetness and cute pink tongue.

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  13. Thanks for your encouragement and fine comments. I've been learning a lot about brushwork studying your work on your blog. Just Beautiful!Enjoying it very much indeed jb

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  14. Thanks Jeanne, what a nice compliment!

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  15. Carol, I love your sushi as much as the kitty does. I love this concept and don't we have a great opportunity with DSFDF. All the different interpretations of the same photo. I love that this has brought us all together. Glad to be following your blog. You are terrific.

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  16. Wonderful painting and I love your take on the subject, injecting a bit of humour into it. I am staying with my daughter who has 5 cats and you better not leave the butter out or you,ll find tongue prints on it!

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