30 Paintings in 30 Days - Number 4

"Hattie"

12" x 12"

oil on wrapped canvas

Have been working on little 6" x 6"  canvases, but the eyes on

 Miss Hattie Dior

were soooo small and sort of squinty, I didn't think 

I could pull it off as small as I had been working,

thus 'double the size' canvas.

This cute tuxedo cat ~ Hattie ~  belongs to 

my friend Kelli in Evergreen, Co,

Kelli is a teacher, a vet tech, a world traveler and 

owner of many dogs and kitties.

She has an endearing relationship with each of her furbabies.

Hattie was a rescue. She and her brother were thrown out a car window

and there was a car behind the car that threw them out.

They stopped and helped the cats.

I love hearing and reading stories about her pets, meeting them 

(although I have never met Hattie) 

and painting them.

This photo particularly beckoned me ~ to paint it, 

because of that intense sunlight bathing her

as she sits on the stairway landing.