There is one week left to explore the Society of Feline Artists Winter Exhibition before it closes on Sunday 15 November. If you have been meaning to return for a longer look, this is a good moment to spend some time with the works that caught your attention. … More One week left: the Winter Exhibition closes on Sunday 15 November
An artist’s inspiration may be sitting very close by. Little Suki by Louise Angus puts one of her own cats at the heart of a screenprint, joining feline company with her long-standing enjoyment of drawing flowers. … More Little Suki: an artist’s companion in flowers and colour
A dark-coated cat turns its attention towards something beyond the frame, while tulips rise beside it. Envoûtement floral by Sybiline brings feline presence and flowers together in a painting shaped by the colours of both the subject and its wooden surface. … More Envoûtement floral: a Tonkinese cat among warm natural tones
Some cats disappear as soon as someone wants a photograph. Fudge, it seems, understands the value of a willing sitter. Fudge by Avril Sleeman S.O.F.A. introduces a friend’s tabby who is always ready to pose, with fifteen years of experience at being himself. … More Fudge: fifteen years young and ready for a close-up
Wash finished. Favourite bed secured. The rest of the afternoon can take care of itself. In Endearing, Jacqueline Gaylard S.O.F.A. gives a British Shorthair Blue Cream the sort of comfortable setting that makes it difficult to imagine wanting to be anywhere else. … More Endearing: a favourite bed and nowhere else to be
Before movement, there is a pause. Poised by Lucy d’Auvergne grew from a memory of Kike, a wild cheetah the artist filmed in Kenya some twenty years ago. Time spent observing her left an interest in the individual who existed between the moments of action. … More Poised: remembering the individual behind a cheetah’s speed
A cat sculpture can change with the light around it. Lounging by Felicitos Blanco is made from transparent acrylic, painted on the reverse so that colour glows through the material. As light passes through, shifting reflections become part of the pleasure of the piece. … More Lounging: feline sculpture made to live with the light
That moment when your face has worked it out before the rest of you has. Something Is Off by Keeley Robinson gives intuition a wonderfully expressive feline form, with wide eyes and a look that seems to have noticed something worth investigating. … More Something Is Off: a cat face for that familiar suspicious feeling
