Are Cats Fine Art?

Devil In A Red Dress, Bob Orsillo

Cats, are they a serious subject for fine art lovers?! 

Dos Amores, Patricia Saunders-White

Van Gogh  cats Vincent would have been proud to have painted...

 Pop Art Cat, Ann Powell

Andy Warhol cats in bright glowing colors perfect for a Soho loft...

Some cat art is for cat lovers only...

Who can resist those big green eyes...

 Curious Cat, Suzanne Powers

and loyalty that can only be matched by "Man's Best Friend"...

Little Dog Big Heart, Bob Orsillo

Man's Best Friend...

Castle Keep Kitty, Suzanne Powers

A brave cat...

Gothic Kitty, Suzanne Powers

A curious Gothic cat...

Gothic Revival Kitties, Suzanne Powers

or seven lazy cats sunning themselves on a Gothic Revival tower...

Yawning Cat, Purple Rosemary

A yawning cat...

Bird, Ann Powell

Cat food...

Renaissance Cat, Suzanne Powers

Can all these cats be candidates for fine art?

Mechanical Cat, Ann Powell

Admit it cats make great fine art, it's just a "cat art equality"  issue...

Large Leaping Hare, Barry Flanagan, Southampton City Art Gallery

  

If a big museum can have a large rabbit sculpture why not one of a cat?!!...

Think about it!

If Cars Could Talk...

Old Headlight, Phyllis Denton

Did you know cars can talk?  It's really not a question of if but when!  This old headlight and the little orange guy beside it can say a lot! "We've been through hardscrabble times, good times, and President Hoover - no less than fourteen presidents to be exact!...And now warm our old metal in the hot desert sun and that's a fact!!

 
Some cars seem to think they will never pass thirty..."Slow Down! How can I?!!" exclaimed CameroZ "There's another race I must go see - if I slow down now it's just not me!"

 Time Warp, Bill Wakeley

Blue Dasher has flash and now a guaranteed future.  "Pop!" Up goes the hood "Would you like to take my picture?!"

Big Trucks, Bob Orsillo

In base tones behind me I heard a low blast "Can you believe it?!!  Some cars never stop it's just a lot of hot air and gas!!"

Suddenly an ear splitting GGGRRRRRRRUUUUMMMMM with all turbines burning I looked over to see "Is it a plane, a bird?! It's the Daytona reincarnated!!"

Speed Coloring, Peter Chilelli

  
"Just stopping for some gas, a tire change and I'll be on my way!" said the Daytona supercharged racer leaping nimbly out of his vehicle that was still trailing smoke and ashes...

Fintastic, Peter Chilelli

"Fintastic!" gushed Pink Pearl Caddy with a giggle and a flutter of her long pink eyelashes!

Parking Meter Time, Bob Orsillo

"Time Out!" I cried, my head just swimming, "My ears are splitting and I'm feeling rather faint because of all the loud exhaust, fumes and smelly paint!"

 
You could have heard a pin drop it was suddenly silent.  Then I heard a chorus of voices all speaking as one "We're sorry we'll be quiet we don't want the EPA to check us for offending fumes, gasses and starting a small riot!

"You're forgiven" I said turning to leave, "I guess I'm just prone to sniffling" with nothing up my sleeve..."It was those crazy pink eye lashes, so I'm not peeved!"  

 Downton Abbey, Suzanne Powers

Suddenly there appeared as if out of heaven a car and a driver to take me to an English estate called "Carleaven."  As we drove out of sight I turned and I said "Happy emissions to all and...Oh, don't forget to drive right!"

Rust

Large Mining Bucket, Phyllis Denton

Rust is a must if it's been standing for a while...for a...uhhhhhhhh...very... l  o  n  g ...while!    

 Psychedelic Gears, Phyllis Denton

Crusty isn't a word one would likely want to use describing something that is wonderful but it goes with rusty and is quite beautiful!

Pepper Falling For Salt, Bob Orsillo

Musty is another word that seems...wellll...

not something you want in your cupboard but comes with...rust - and now the whole truth has been uncovered!

Mushroom Agaricus Campetris, Suzanne Powers

 

but can it can be said...in the same breath very quickly "rusty-musty-mushrooms-on-a-crust," and now it becomes almost edible!

  

Car Station Gas Pumps, Mike Savad

It's also found in old garages...where old men sit swapping stories like in those funny all male lodges...

I Will Love You, Bob Orsillo 

and help you in a transition when you don't know the next step or not wanting or caring just feeling inept...

Ship Side Abstract II, Patricia Strand

Damp places is where it is normally kept...with plenty of salty sea water shout Hooray Hip Hep!

Winter Season Tree, Suzanne Powers

 

It can be many things to many people...like tall rusty colored trees where you can picnic, stretch and be extremely at ease...

Jungle Fire, Bob Orsillo

or go on an adventure in an rusty old launch...

Shipwreck Conch II, Suzanne Powers

and then beach combing - finding plenty of shells and a very large conch!

Summer Heat

Impressionistic Colorful Flower, Ann Powell

Summer comes with bright sunlight and heat blazing it's way across the sky...

Sunglasses, John Illingworth

making the earth feel it's burning presence heating up the sidewalks and parking spaces...

Pulling My Own Strings, Pat Saunders-White

Some places that have lot's of heat and rain...

A Day At The Beach, Ann Powell

have bright flowers - the weeds are quite colorful!
 

The Exotic Gulmohar, Thiland, Ted Guhl

and the fruit seems bigger, brighter... 

Jamaican Fruit Stand, Ann Powell

and juicier...

Tropical Fruit and Iced Drink, Suzanne Powers

 

With birds to match!

A Pair of Australian Rainbow Lorikeet Birds
 

Untitled, John Illingworth

Koi Study Number Five, Ted Guhl
 

So don't be surprised...

Girl With An Umbrella On The Beach, Ted Guhl

if it makes you want to sing, dance...

Guitars, John Illingworth

and play a little music!

Spring Rain...

Rain On Leaves, Suzanne Powers

Plomp...plomp...I can hear it when it starts hitting the metal roof...

Rain On The Roof

or my umbrella...pling...pling...

Sepia Umbrella Impressions

counting each drop...

Raindrops On A Red Leaf, Patricia Strand

then quickly building to a crescendo each drop racing the next until...

Summer Rain On Queen Anne's Lace 

it becomes a solid shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sound.

Rain On Seed Pods, Suzanne Powers

Spring rain it's natures' car wash making our world shiny and liquid... 

Luscious Petals, Patricia Strand

Green and Blue, Patricia Strand 

washing away the accumulated dust and pollen, chasing it into small trickles...

Jeweled Leaves, Patricia Strand

dripping off the flowers and trees becoming...

Queen Anne's Lace, Suzanne Powers

streams rushing into the rivers that surround us... 

  Chesterfield Gorge, Edward Fielding            

growing ever larger...
  

 Bougainvillea In The Pond, Ted Guhl

  

until finally it meets the sea...

Sunny Winter Day At The Beach, Dave Bosse