Rocky the Maine Coon - Original Oil Painting by Diane Irvine Armitage

This painting is a commission for Rita of her Maine Coon Rocky, who recently passed away.  This painting was a real pleasure to paint, with Rocky being so gorgeous.  And I really enjoyed painting the pretty rug he was posing on too.  I really wanted this painting to be special and I think it is ... I'm pretty pleased with it.

 

You can see this painting on my Daily Paintworks Gallery page HERE.

Sunny Afternoon Mr. Boney - Original Oil Painting, Skeleton with Cats

The late afternoon sunlight shining on Mr. Boney and the cat portraits on the wall cast such lovely shadows that I had to get the paints out and give it a go.  I am staying with a nice, loose painting style and am really enjoying the process.  I sell creepy antiques and Mr. Boney is an antique medical skeleton.  He is hanging out (literally) until his new owner comes to town to get him.

As a side note, the cat portraits on the wall were done last year by Kat Corrigan during her 30 cats in 30 days painting marathon.  I'm crazy about them!  It was fun to paint them here, little itty bitty versions of them!  LOL

You can find this painting and all my others on my Daily Paintworks Gallery page HERE.

Blue Eyed Siamese Cat - Original Oil Painting by Diane Irvine Armitage

I have been wanting to paint a Siamese cat with blue eyes!  I love the look on today's model with his sweet and curious expression.  I worked on getting some contrast in the painting, a darker background on the lighter side of the cat's face and a lighter background on the darker side of the face, to make the cat's face pop more.

This painting is available on my Daily Paintworks Gallery page HERE.

Lulu

Today's kitty portrait is of my sister Nancy's friend Joanna's cat Lulu, a pretty grey kitty!  I love the look in Lulu's eyes, I hope I got that across.  Sure is fun to paint cat faces!  Here is the adorable Lulu ...

 And my "interpretation" of her : - )

 You can see Lulu and my other cat paintings on my Daily Paintworks Gallery page here.

Joe

The cat of the day today is Joe.  My sister Nancy has a friend, Nita that is a Cajun Queen - she lives in the heart of the French Quarter.  Joe is Nita's little man.  Joe has diabetes and Nita works hard to keep his blood sugar levels in check.  Nancy will be mailing this portrait of Joe to Nita as soon as I get it framed.  So  Nita, this Joe is for you!