Midori by Alan Stevens

Wow. Beautiful portrait and so small!

That touch of aqua in the background is inspired, beautiful work.

Beautiful portrait, Alan. You should do more of these as you obviously have the talent.

Well done, this is a lovely little cat portrait. Quite difficult to do on such a small scale, I should imagine.

great picture well done,i love cats. i have two siamese, a year old.

Just love it - can feel the fur! Almost identical to one of my cats, wish I could paint her like you!

Just love Midori what a fantastic painting on such a small scale what patience you must have...beautiful cat indeed could just pick him up and cuddle him

Thanks for the wonderful comments everyone. I didn't really expect them. I was going to scrap it because it wasn't what I had wanted to achieve. My wife asked for it framed and Patsy ordered me to post it, so there you have it. We are not always the best judges are we?...and Patsy you couldn't pick him up and cuddle him - unless he wanted you to. I took a photo in one of the rare moments that he was still and looking for more mischief. He is normally just a blur in your peripheral vision.

Beautiful pastel pussy. Such a typical pose. The blue background brings out the colours in the fur.

amazing love the pose and the detail though it was a photo......lovely

Thanks Carole. There's a little bit of olive green by the left elbow and in the darker tone on the foreground. It adds a wee drop of interest to what could be a flat area (not my idea - a tip from a pro). Thanks Ruthy. It ws from a photo. There's no way I could paint him from life!