Tuxedo Cat Original Oil Painting by Diane Irvine Armitage

Today's painting of a tuxedo cat from the local shelter is painted bigger and looser than usual and I like the freedom of really splashing the paint on.  It is an 11 by 14 inch oil painting on gessoboard.  I love the graphic black and white design on a tuxedo cat, so I may paint more of them.  Also, my cat Lou is a tuxedo gal and she inspires me every day.

You can find this painting on my Daily Paintworks Gallery page HERE.  Thanks for looking!

Happy Customers!

Sure has been a fun year painting!  I want to thank everyone that has said kind words about my painting progress!  I am very thankful for all of the people that bought paintings from me, my cats for posing for me, my dad for great art advice and an extra thank you to my sister Nancy for promoting my art wherever she goes : - )

Here are a few happy customer stories ...

I painted a picture of my Lou, doing her daredevil act, walking along the ledge of an antique chest I have and it was one of those personal paintings where it is of my cat, my furniture, and I'm not all that sure there will be an audience for it.  But I posted it to ebay anyway and it sold!  Well, I found out why, when I got an email from Phillip in New York and he sent me a picture of his look-a-like tuxedo cat, also in the act of daredevilry!  So here is the painting and then the photo sent from a happy customer.

Another success story was when my sister Nancy wanted to do something nice for her friend Nita in New Orleans and Nancy asked me to paint a picture of Nita's much loved cat Joe.  I had just started painting back in August and Joe was one of my first, done in acrylics.  So here is the painting of Joe and then a series of pictures Nita emailed to me with Joe "beside himself" next to the painting!  Such fun!

 

 

 

And last but not least is a painting I painted of my cousin Jeff and his wife Sandra's cat, Biggie Smalls.  I couldn't post it until now because it is a Christmas present for Jeff.  But Sandra was really happy with it, so I call that a success story : - )

It is a companion painting for one Sandra bought from me at my Etsy shop.  A painting of my black kitty Tish.  Turns out her black kitty (named Black Kitty!) is a twin to my Tish, so now Sandra and Jeff have paintings of both of their cats.

Happy holidays to everyone and thanks for making this a really fun year of painting!

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.

Muggs McGinnis, Legendary Tabby Cat - Original Oil Painting by Diane Irvine Armitage

Today's painting is for my lovely parents.  They commissioned a couple of paintings of our cats from back in the 1970s.  Our cats were named Muggs and Fuzzbucket and they were super cool kitties.  My sister Nancy found Muggs in an alley by our house in Mar Vista and he was just a little baby, jumping with fleas.  After a flea bath he made himself right at home.  We already had Fuzzbucket and she was a very sweet kitty, so they got along great.  As Muggs grew up, he became a little cantankerous - one of those cats that you could only pick up if they were positioned just so, or you ran the risk of getting bit or scratched.  I think Muggs loved my dad the best.  If my dad was laying on the couch reading, Muggs would jump up and lay down on dad's stomach and then Muggs would v e r y  s l o w l y  army crawl up dad's chest until he got right up to dad's chin and then he would give dad a little love bite on the chin, but very softly.  It was the funniest thing!  Anyway, we all have wonderful memories of Muggs, he was truly a legend in our neighborhood.  Original oil painting, 5 by 7 inches on gessoboard.

Tomorrow I will paint Fuddie!

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

Two Cats - Interior with J W Waterhouse Psyche Painting - Original Oil Painting by Diane Irvine Armitage

Today I painted my two black cats, Morticia and Luna.  They were sitting quite nicely on the piano the other afternoon.  It was a bit of a grey day with just a little light coming in from the window and some light from the chandelier above.  Again, it is fun to paint artwork on the walls, in this case J W Waterhouse's "Psyche Opening the Golden Box."  Original oil painting on archival gessoboard measuring 8 by 10 inches by me, Diane Irvine Armitage.

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

Interior with Black Cat and Cat Portraits - Original Oil Painting by Diane Irvine Armitage

Another interior painting today, this one is black kitty Tish on her cat stand next to a series of cat portraits.  I just love to paint an interior with paintings on the wall.  So fun!  These are cat portraits painted by the lovely and talented Kat Corrigan.  Her paintings are especially fun to paint small, this is the second painting I've done with them in the background.  Also fun to paint the light coming in from the window and the shadows on the wall.  I think I'll have to keep this one : - )  5 by 7 inches on archival gessoboard.

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

Interior with Antiques and Tuxedo Cat - Original Oil Painting by Diane Irvine Armitage

Another in a series of Lou, my tuxedo cat doing what she does best, climbing the furniture : - )  All of my cats like walking along the narrow edge of this antique French Gentleman's chest.  Original oil painting on archival gessoboard measuring 7 by 5 inches.

Here is the value sketch I did prior to painting ...

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