Few would argue if we said that pets are an endless source of joy and happiness in our lives. Therefore, there is no surprise people are trying to immortalize them in every way possible. This Aussie painter, Vanessa Stockard, found the best way to do that by sneaking her three adorable cats, Kevin The Kittin, his mom Fluff Ferstenberg and the head of the adorable fluff family, Satan, into her paintings. Stockard’s process includes pieces developed without visual reference but rather from memory. These narratives incorporate domestic pets such as cats and dogs, juxtaposing the anthropomorphic nature of these animals are given by society, she infuses the personification of virtue and vice into the everyday canine and feline status quo. Cats with their fluffy comical exteriors yet instinctual urge to kill and a tendency to be cruel to their prey, dogs with their providence of happiness and friendship flung back to Churchill’s metaphor for depression. Despite this not-so -cheerful description of her works, Stockard manages to make her art somehow quirky and very enjoyable!
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I’m not familiar with the painting this is based on. Hope someone can illuminate me. BTW, I actually like it,
Just one more adjustment needed: Mona would be goofy-grinning if she had a cat on her lap.
This one is amazing! The light is brilliant and the kitty is hilarious and so expressive
Wait. Is that cat poop on the chair? Must be Satan’s; this baby’s way too small to make those.
Umm. I hope you realize people don’t dress like this to hang out with their cats. At all. Ever.
With the shadow, perfect warming light..feel like we're in same room, love this!
