Cat in a Basket

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Cats are such wonderful characters and you have caught his character really well!

Posted by Sarah Crouch on Wed 18 Aug 16:18:36

Sounds a real character Linda, captured well.

Posted by Katy Dean on Wed 18 Aug 16:25:22

Dry nicely done , like the basket as well.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Wed 18 Aug 16:39:36

A very knowing expression on the cat's face. Fine work Linda.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Wed 18 Aug 17:30:00

Thank you so much, Sarah, Katy, Paul and Lewis. It is great to see you back on POL, Lewis.

Posted by Linda Wilson on Wed 18 Aug 18:15:37

He had good taste in music Linda, The pink background works beautifully.

Posted by Denise Cat on Wed 18 Aug 19:08:54

What a super painting of a clearly very characterful cat!

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 19 Aug 06:40:34

Thank you Denise and Heather for taking the time to comment. Not sure about character, viscous beastie is more like it.

Posted by Linda Wilson on Thu 19 Aug 10:18:04

That should read “vicious”.

Posted by Linda Wilson on Thu 19 Aug 10:19:11

Fabulous! Made me smile Linda!

Posted by Diane Boswell on Sat 21 Aug 21:56:24

I’m so glad I made you smile Diane. That I was my intention.

Posted by Linda Wilson on Mon 23 Aug 21:28:31

Hang on Studio Wall

18/08/2021

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My late cat, brother of Barley used to like to sit in the waste paper basket. You may have heard of chicken in a basket, but this one was not for consumption: he was a predator. He used to hunt rabbits with his brother and eat them! He also used to like listening to Beethoven, sitting bolt upright, with his eyes closed and his ears twitching. This is pastel and coloured pencil on A5 Bristol board.

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Linda Wilson

Since retiring from a career in education and training management, I returned to art after a gap of 40 years. Now I travel was much as I can with my husband and take an enormous amount of photographs, some of which I use as reference photos. Meanwhile, I take a weekly course in portraiture and…

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