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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So_Long_And_Thanks_For_All_The_Fish
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry to be spoilsport but you missed the main theme of the original painting she is the "Girl With The *Pearl Earring*" you didn't give her a pearl earring

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    Kathy Baylis
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m not familiar with the painting this is based on. Hope someone can illuminate me. BTW, I actually like it,

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    elfin
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like Owl Kitty, only in paint.

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    Kathy Baylis
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Watch and learn, son. Watch. And. Learn.

    Crystal Minugh-Brutscher
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks to me like the larger cat is terrified of the smaller one

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    Kathy Baylis
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The struggle is real and intense.

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    Zompor
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is my fav photo by this artist, it is my youtube profile picture for years

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    chaos kitten
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i want to frame this on my wall it is so beautiful <3

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    Tristan McGill
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does this look like Lydia from "Beetlejuce"?

    Susan Gawryla
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cool way to carry 'round Kittie😻

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    Kathy Baylis
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    5 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just one more adjustment needed: Mona would be goofy-grinning if she had a cat on her lap.

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    Elina Kuusisto
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is amazing! The light is brilliant and the kitty is hilarious and so expressive

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    Serasia
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the ruff is too heavy. He’ll grow into it.

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    Serasia
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please no, cat. That’s a sensitive area…you’re setting a bad example for the kitten.

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    Kathy Baylis
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait. Is that cat poop on the chair? Must be Satan’s; this baby’s way too small to make those.

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    Jamyi Lee
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love all of these...to fricking cute!!!

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    Kathy Baylis
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Umm. I hope you realize people don’t dress like this to hang out with their cats. At all. Ever.

    Susanne Bækvig
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am not sure you are right. The safest way to dress when hanging out with cats is no clothes, because cats don't really understand, that you have skin underneath the clothes. Most scrathes comes from cats clawing through your clothes, in order to hang on

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    Susan Gawryla
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about having a Kittie under top looking down

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    themossman
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the phantom of the opurrera 🤡

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    Susan Gawryla
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With the shadow, perfect warming light..feel like we're in same room, love this!

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    Abigail Jones
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At first I didn’t see the cat 😂

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