Rosebud Robert’s Calico Cat
My newest commission was a portrait of the dearly departed cat of Robert Sondheim, co-owner of Rosebud. Erica kept him company for twenty years (!!) and he still keeps her two favorite toys where she left them on the floor. (Picks them up to vacuum. Puts them back.)
He asked me to draw her on a Persian rug, and to include a tiny bit of turquoise (to match his decor). Interestingly, he only had three photos of her, and I needed more for reference, so I asked him to find some other cats online that reminded him of her (the one on the far right is “Ingrid”):
He loved it and said the portrait looks just like her (whew!).
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ellen, i LOVE that portrait. (and as a kitty person i am a little weepy — i’m sorry for robert’s loss.) the tiny bit of blue is beautiful.
It reminds me of the work of mid-career Louis Wain.
Err… should we be worried for your mental health?
Tom – wow, thanks for the link! Eesh! Schizo kitties!! (As for worrying about my own mental health, I’ll leave that up to you.)
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