BIG Black Cat Painting - Closeup of Cat Eyes by Diane Irvine Armitage

Back to painting some bigger paintings!  Today's painting is 24 x 36 inches on canvas.  Once this one is dry, I will be bringing it down to my antiques booth to hang.  I like to have a dramatic painting at the entrance to the booth to lure the customers in : - )

If you are in town (San Juan Capistrano, CA), stop by and see my paintings in person at The Old Barn Antique Mall.

Another HUGE Black Cat Painting - Big Tish by Diane Irvine Armitage

I finished the second version of Big Tish today.  I'm happy with it :-) Tish has such a wide-eyed curious look all the time with those big round eyes.  I think she is part Bombay kitty with the round eyes and the triangular face.  While I was painting today, she and Luna were in the catio and kept scratching at the studio window, barely letting me get any work done.  I can't let them in the studio because that is Pandora's territory and they are dying to get in here and get all over everything.  This original oil painting on canvas is 24 by 48 inches - a very big Tish!

Big Black Cat Original Oil Painting by Diane Irvine Armitage

I'm working on another of my BIG black cat paintings.  This is a bigger version of the Big Tish painting I did recently.  I want to have one of these Big Tish paintings for the October black cat art show and keep the other one.  I'm not sure which one I will keep - we'll see.  This version is 24 x 48 inches - BIG!  The last version was 18 x 36 inches.  As usual, Tishy is super fun to paint.  Love that face!  More on this one tomorrow ...

New HUGE Black Cat Painting by Diane Irvine Armitage

Today I started work on a very large new black cat painting.  This one is 24 x 48 inches.  I am about halfway finished and will continue working on it tomorrow.  Keeping it loose and sketchy, even the eyes.

 Stay tuned for more ...

BIG Black Cat Oil Painting - Big Tish by Diane Irvine Armitage

I finally got some time to work on the BIG version of my Tish painting.  I painted this on an 18 x 36 inch canvas that my nephew gave me (thanks Mark!).  I thought it might take a few days to paint, but it only took a half a day.  I'm really pleased with this one and want to continue painting large paintings of cats.  Check out the previous post to see the 11 x 14 study for this painting.

Here are a couple of shots to show the scale of this painting.

You can find this painting on my Daily Paintworks Gallery Page HERE.