Custom Toy Portrait » cat

Max and Jack

Custom Toy Portrait — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:24:11 +0000

11″x14″ acrylic, 2010. This painting of Max and his cat is not a toy portrait of course, but is a follow-up to my painting of Max’s sister Lilly and her toy frog. Max’s mother Wendy says that Max does not have a particular favorite toy, but he is very attached to Jack the cat. She says that Max slings Jack over his shoulder and carries him around that way, and Jack doesn’t seem to mind a bit!

Stuffed Bear/Real Cat Challenge

Custom Toy Portrait — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:53:53 +0000

9″x12″ acrylic, 2009. This was a very tough asignment! As a Christmas gift for his girlfriend, Jonathan asked that I paint a portrait of her childhood teddy bear next to her beloved, recently deceased cat. In order to keep the project secret, Jonathan was only able to provide me with blurry, tiny photos of each of them. We had a couple of discussions about relative scale, and then I just dove in and did my best. I hope that what might have gotten lost in the details comes through in spirit!

Twinkles and Dusky

Custom Toy Portrait — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:44:31 +0000

8″x10″ acrylic, 2009. This portrait of Twinkles the cat and Dusky the golden retriever were commissioned by Darby for her sister Annie. Annie was in on the project, and she shared some nice background info about these two. They have both been with her since childhood and through the lifetimes of several beloved pets, including two golden retrievers. She says that Dusky has been wonderful physical stand-in for her dogs whenever she can’t be with them (at college for example,), and is also an eternal reminder of how adorable they were as puppies. I had the pleasure of their company in my studio while I painted them (rather than photos) as Darby and Annie were kind enough to lend them to me.

Don Gato

Custom Toy Portrait — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:30:12 +0000

Baby Sonja has a special cat...

Don Gato 5×7″ acrylic on canvas 2009 – Target sold a series of fantastic yarn-knit stuffed animals a couple of years ago called L’atitude Enfant, and I bought the cat, mouse, and chicken “for Sonja” (for me.) When she was really tiny, I would wiggle the cat in her face and sing the following to the tune of the song “Don Gato:”

Baby Sonja has a special cat!
He is made of yarn and not so fat!
His red and orange and stripey (myow myow myow)
And he rocks a purple sweater (myow myow myow)
and in Spanish he’s “Don Gato!”

This painting arrive wired for hanging and framed simply in pine.

$70 plus $7 shipping

(category: Toy Portrait Series. tags: single portrait, cat, acrylic)

Squishy Kitty

Custom Toy Portrait — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:44:32 +0000

5×7 acrylic on canvas, 2009. Say “Hello” to this squeezeable Kitty. She is definately the cutest stress-reliever on anybody’s desk. Or, as is the case at our house, on anybody’s high-chair tray getting Cheerios smashed into her non-existant mouth.

This painting arrives wired for hanging and simply framed in pine.

$70 plus $7 shipping <

Spinny Kitty

Custom Toy Portrait — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:25 +0000

Spinny Kitty 9×12″, acrylic on canvas 2009 — Another garage sale find! This stuffed kitty’s lower half is a weighted plastic ball so that he won’t fall down, Weeble-style! He spins like a top and it absolutely baffles Sonja that he won’t stay horizontal. I love that he wears an image of a mouse on his chest, like you might wear a picture of a cupcake or a hamburger or whatever food YOU’RE a fan of, right?

This painting arrives wired for hanging and framed simply in pine.

$140.00 plus $7 shipping