Cats Playing

Cats Playing medium
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Superb painting and the detail is beautifully done.

Excellent artwork.

Such fun and amazing detail

How lovely. Beautifully painted and made me smile. Thank you.

Great detail, I think the cat on the left is the lookout while the kitten plays.

Wow, John, it takes me back to my childhood... great!

What a fabulous composition, although I find clowns a bit scary!

Yes , Jill, clowns are always a bit ambiguous in their impact aren't they . In seeking an image for a vintage jack- in- a- box figure in particular (all the toys are genuine vintage ones drawn from across internet images) , I found many of the 'clowns' which popped out of their respective boxes truly scary - surely likely to traumatise, rather than amuse, a tiny child ! I had a wind-up train and tracks just like the one portrayed here in my distant childhood (I'm 70 now) - but crudely dismantled it , terminally, to see how it worked ! And yes, Sandra, the big mummy cat is intended to be keeping a lookout whilst her kitten plays with the clockwork mouse .

Love it John! The colour contrasts against the black background work so well.

Hang on Studio Wall
27/04/2023
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Fantasy portrayal of two mischievous cats playing in the owner's vintage wind-up toy collection cupboard whilst his back is turned. Full of detail and colour, with a quasi trompe l'oeil type effect . Great fun to paint. 70cm by 50cm by 5cm, acrylic on wooden support.

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