Why Cats Paint
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Today's Title: "Aviary Arsonist", 1995.
Painting Scented acrylic on colored paper
68 x 54.5cm.
[Image] Collection of the Artist.
Artist: Gumbie, a ten year old Tabby, did not
begin painting until he was introduced to it by
the boarding cattery he stayed at while his owners
were away on vacation. four of the five paintings
he completed there have been sold for prices in
excess of $1,500 and he went on to complete
another 18 works at home before his untimely death
in March of 1995. Three of Gumbie's paintings were
selected for exhibition in Montreal and a print of
his best known work, "Regular Rodent Rapture," now
adorns his grave stone at the pet cemetry in East
York, Toronto.
Sent In By: Ruby and Daniel Ostroff of Forest
Hill, Toronto.
Estimated Value: Since Gumbie's death, his
paintings have nearly trippled in value. The work
shown here has not been put up for sale but is
likely to fetch in excess of $5,000.
Left: Gumbie carefully completing "Aviary
Arsonist" at home in Toronto.
Curatorial Notes: "...his seemingly random smears of intersecting
color intrigue with their sense of activity and must hide a deeper
purpose." Rudi Fuchz, private assessment, 1995.
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Reader's Hint for Today: Paints should be left out in a cat's
favourite toilet spot. Jack Edwards of Belfast explains that cats
will leave urine/feces markings in areas which have a particular
significance for them, and are more likely to express themselves
artistically if paints and canvas are left in these areas. Jack made
a map of his cat's toilet areas by feeding the cat small amounts of
laxative at meal time and keeping an eye on its movements
afterwards.
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The Museum of Non-Primate Art The Museum of Non-Primate Art
would like to thank all those Feline Division
who have sent in such a wide 1280 Bison, Suite B9-463
range of material recently. A Newport Beach
selection of these works will be California, 92660.
displayed in future editions of USA.
this page.
We welcome unsolicited genuine
cat art-works, so if you wish to
submit your cat's work, please
send the original art-work, with
photographic verification
showing the artist at work, to
the adjacent address. Please, no
more scratching posts or large
upholstery works. Photographs
are sufficient to guage our
interest.
For those interested in discovering more about The Museum of
Non-Primate Art (MONPA), you will find out background information
and see a selection of recent aquisitions. Also on this site we
have a page of Cat Painting Products developed around the
international best seller Why Cats Paint by author and art-critic
Burton Silver and photogapher and curator Heather Busch. You also
have the opportunity to visit the recent opening of The Phillip
Wood Gallery in Berkeley, California which is entirely devoted to
the collection, preservation and exhibition of contempory
cat-art. For those of you who wish to find out even more about
cat-painting then visit the list of FAQ'S.
Web site consultancy, architecture and management Dr Stephen
Marshall and Deb Shepherd
http://www.netlink.co.nz/~monpa/
Images and text copyright (c)1995 Burton Silver and Heather Busch.
Brian Adam - on RiscPC - <ad...@ihug.co.nz>
Sushiqueen
> Have any of you seen this? at http://www.netlink.co.nz/~monpa/
>
> Why Cats Paint Home Page
> This page changes daily
No, but I have the book - what a hoot! a Web Page yet! Have to check it
out - thanks for passing it along.
Wendy
Sushiqueen, Wendy's Home for Wayward Accordions
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