Large Size Black Cat Original Oil Painting by Diane Irvine Armitage

I'm working on a project for October - several very large paintings of black cats for a show at a friend's store in Laguna Beach.  I figure I have until the end of March to get them all painted and then I should be able to have them varnished before the beginning of October.  So here is another large black cat painting.  This one is 18 x 24 and I love the shifty look in this cat's eyes.  Same cat as the last post.  I will be doing smaller studies for these large paintings and then painting the larger paintings from the studies.  I'm happy with how loose and sketchy this turned out.

You can see all of my cat paintings on my Pinterest Gallery page HERE.

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.