Cat Silhouette

Last week, during our Sunday BRUU service Joy and Concerns section, a child of one of the members they told the congregation their cat had died this past week. I could hear the sadness in the little girl’s voice as she spoke about the cat.

As one who has sent several cats to kitty heaven over the years, I understood what she was feeling. I was looking for a new painting project, and this one hit me where I lived. The image I had in my mind reminded me of a beautiful painting that my artist friend Jose Tullo created a silhouetted cat in front of a pumpkin color background. She said it was created for Halloween. I wanted to show a cat in the moonlight like on its way to the end of their life. I wanted a graphic quality.

The result is a mixed media painting. The cat outline was painted (traced) based on a graphic I found on the Internet to increase the cat’s presence. I added some Adobe Photoshop enhancement to bring the cat out. Everything else was drawn freehand. I added the bird, which was based on one of my earlier bird paintings, at the last minute to balance out the scene.

As a result, I sent the card with the inscription “In Sympathy” to the family. I hope the card brought them comfort in these challenging times.