As the nights draw in, we celebrate the timeless elegance of the cat. 🌙✨ November’s feature is the striking “Bastet Still Reigns” by Patricia Mooney S.O.F.A. With its bold, graphic style and cool lavender palette, this piece reminds us that cats have been royalty since the days of ancient Egypt, and they certainly haven’t forgotten … More November Calendar Spotlight
You may have only just spotted the cat. The cat has been watching for some time. In Hiding by Lucy Chambers takes us into the branches, where dark fur meets leafy shadows and bright, alert eyes offer the clue to a hidden observer. … More In Hiding: the cat saw you first
A tiger lowers its face towards the water, and another face meets it beneath the surface. Mirrored Beauty by Helen Turkdogan holds our attention across that meeting, setting the presence of a powerful animal beside the shifting nature of its reflection. … More Mirrored Beauty: a tiger and the water looking back
Tea and kittens. A promising combination, especially when the kittens appear to have claimed the china. Kit-Teas by Chesca Burrows brings two of the artist’s favourite things together in a miniature coloured-pencil drawing. … More Kit-Teas: a very small drawing with two very appealing ingredients
Every home has a place the cat somehow makes their own. Curtain Call by Ellen Mary Hopkins turns that familiar domestic authority into something theatrical, with a cat on the back of a chair looking directly at the viewer. … More Curtain Call: the cat has the room, and now your attention
Feline art can take its place on a shelf or console as well as a wall. Sculpture lets us meet a subject through shape, surface and the changing view as we move around it. These three works bring very different materials to that encounter. … More Cats beyond the frame: three feline sculptures to explore
A black coat leaves plenty of room for individuality. These three artists introduce cats who want our attention, hold our gaze or keep themselves hidden. Acrylic and pastel offer different routes into those personalities, giving black-cat admirers several reasons to linger. … More Black cats, bright personalities: three encounters in the Winter Exhibition
The grasses almost become a curtain, and then the serval’s face emerges between them. Serval in grass by Sarais Crawshaw S.O.F.A. brings its wild subject into a setting where the surrounding stems are part of the encounter. … More Serval in grass: a glimpse through the golden stems
