Finished another painting for this fall's Growing Up Show. This one depicts me taking my new kitten home from my parents farm. He later went on to cry the entire trip home.
This painting is part of the Growing Up Art Show this September in Edmonton. Being a very personal collection of my own "growing up experiences", this is a stylized version of myself trying on my first bra. I was one of those pre-teen girls who wanted to wear bras, shave my legs and wear make up before my parents deemed it appropriate (they were most likely right). So when the time finally came to purchase my first bra I cherished the experience through my embarrassment.
See more posts on the Growing Up Show here, here & here.
I may have mentioned earlier that I'm busy creating art for an upcoming art show in 2009 with the theme being growing up. I don't think there's been a time in my entire life where I've felt like I've had to grow up more than since I found out the big news (see previous post) but it's been fun meeting with the other very talented ladies involved in the show: Amanda Woodward and Davey Thompson and discussing how we've grown up in our lives and that the process never seems to stop.
I've only nailed down one sketch which I've started painting. Here's the painting as it stands thus far (it's about me moving to the city when I was 17 - feeling so out of place and in wonder yet scared out of my mind) -
So cute!
Aw no, was he crying because he missed his mum/home? Never really heard a cat cry before. Lovely pic!
oh a crying cat is a sad sound indeed. especially a kitten. louder than you could ever believe! ;)
What an adorable kitten! Nice work.
Poor one:(
But the illo is fantastic,so full of love
how sweet!! I just brought my first kitten home last spring. Its such a magical experience... even if they do whine the whole way home.