Arabella's art and culture with a dash of gas
Katie 18×24″ oil on linen.
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I have to sit with it a bit more and take additional photos post-varnish (no colors ever seem to be accurate as they are in real life), but here is my most recent commission. God I love that dress! It took a lot of patience but I really wanted to include it.
Ike does not look amused by this extra cat in the house.
I can tell you that Tina the Queena is looking after it just fine. I guess the new couch is just a glorified cat bed because she hasn’t left it in weeks.
Okay, maybe just lovers of Tina; she is kind of like Oprah, so that’s why she’s always on the cover.
It is her “birthday week” after all. She’s turning four. This is what I do when I should be doing actual work. Hey, why not?
Things I did while you were at Art Basel Miami…
Tuesday
Wednesday
(Winter Women, 24×30″ oil on linen)
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
And in honor of National Cat Day, look who is available as a print! As well as iPod and phone cases. Sorry, the original is sold.
And since the day calls for it, here is a silly video I made of my cats, Ike and Tina, a while back. I’m pretty convinced this music is what plays on loop in their heads all the damn time.
I’m currently working on a small painting for this show coming up at Spoke Art from Sept. 7th- 28th. It is Casey Weldon’s solo show, and a huge group show of the adorable internet sensation, Lil BUB the cat!
There is a book signing as well as a meet & greet with BUB at the gallery, but tickets must be purchased in advance. I wish I could fly out and meet her!
Don’t know who the magical cat is? Visit www.lilbub.com
Ike and Tina, 2013
These two crack me up. This is what they do the second I set foot in the kitchen, “MAMA WHAT ARE YOU DOING IS IT SNACK TIME!?”
Happy Labor Day from my cat, Ike!
As you can tell, he’s not happy about the earnings report this quarter and neither are the shareholders, probably. It took 3 of us to wrangle him to make this photo happen. Yes, I am that person.
Oh boy, I think I know someone who is making this his next tattoo…
Untitled (Sabercat) 16×20″ oil on canvas. For some reason this was really hard to photograph, but you get the idea.
Those were a few of the things I did this weekend while house sitting 4 cats (2 my own) and a wiener dog.
First my friend Elle invited several of us to a Theirry Mugler dessert and perfume pairing event at Saks Fifth Avenue in the eastern suburbs of Cleveland. I’m shocked more people didn’t turn out for this, as only a handful were being done around the country, and we got some nice gifts. I had way to much wine (they just kept filling up my glass!) and some amazing chocolates while I had my new large bottle of Angel au de toilette engraved with my name. I had to stay away from upstairs at Saks, however, as even though I don’t have $300 to spend of a skirt or need a evening gown — I was tempted!
The rest of the weekend it was on for “Kitty Kamp!” where my cat Tina bossed everyone around, even two boy cats twice her size. Pooping; puking; creating a monster when I gave the dog bacon; the ‘pounding across the Serengeti’ noises at all hours as the heard of cats chased one another. At least my little cat Ike had a grand time playing.
Sometimes we joke about owning a “kitten farm” and becoming crazy cat people, but 4 is quite enough! I don’t know how people with more than that do it (oh right, they’re CRAZY) You said it Ben…
