The Paintings of CatWorks (2023)

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From mid-summer 2015 through today, 175+ new works have been created - a fair to high percentage of them have sold. I will now be producing approximately about 6 new paintings each quarter. They will all be revealed HERE. If you are interested in price and availability please email me here or by using the contact button above. I will then fill you in on available inventory and the price range.

All of my paintings are created in acrylics either on Ampersand Hardwood Panels with a 1 1/2” birch cradle or high quality gallery wrapped canvas. My first series of painting were created in the 36” x 48” size. In the last few years I have reconfigured my preferred painting size to square. Specifically 36" x 36", 30” x 30” and 24” x 24”. All of my 21 new painting for 2023 and forward have been created at the 30”x30” size. They are all completely original and, of course, one of kind. The panels are prepared with multiple coats of gesso and then a molding paste is applied to areas that will have heavy texture. Recently I have used the technique of pouring flat white latex directly and thickly to areas of the hardwood panels. The painting themselves are extremely detailed and with each completed work the detail seems to grow. Like my digital work these painting are easy to live with and will make you smile. The other thing, is that all of paintings are meant to be touched and the texture explored with your fingers...to find yet another level of enjoyment.
Touch any of the thumbnails below to be taken full painting.

This Fine Gentleman

This painting was was completed on December 25, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
This is the story…”Take this fine gentleman for example, he has just set down his metal detector and is excited about a rare find,  dating from the progrnerator days,
something called a “Lincoln Penney”. It never occurs to him that this background seems to have been torn from a post-impressionism reality. The curator will look into this.”

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By the Sea

This painting was was completed on December 8, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
This is the story…”This is Pollywig, consort to the rich and powerful, at the sea’s edge. She is thinking about the STORY she has been told.
There are stories that only women know and ONLY tell to other women. Or rarely, to a young women or girl. But NEVER to a Tom, never to the male.
Because of this, the story must remain untold...as women ONLY tell the tale.

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moms for milk

This painting was was completed on November 24, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
This is the story…“Although many people believe that milk is good for cats, the reality is that it's a myth. Unfortunately, milk is not the healthiest beverage for felines. A large majority of cats are lactose intolerant. While your kitten may seem perfectly content lapping up a bowl of milk, it's not good for him or her. In many ways, milk can become your kitten's "comfort food" that is reminiscent of their mother's milk.” -from the 1905 book on kitchen tips MOMS FOR MILK.

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The Strange Case of RAndolph Van Purr

This painting was was completed on November 12, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
This is his story…His Purr suffered from psychotic episodes and delusions and when he was at his most creatively prolific he was at his most mentally challenged.
This biographer has an opinion not shared by many, THAT Randolph suffered from “primary-eyeballist”.
In other words he could only really see the colors of primary color wheel - and therefore that’s what he painted - and therefore we have Post-Impressionism.

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Daughter’ of the steam -distroyed

DESTROYED -August 1, 2024.
This painting was was completed on October 25, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on hardwood with a 2” cradle.
This is their story…Veronica and Madeline come from a long line punk aficionados, their father is his Lordship Randolph Nibs, First Lord of the Steam-folk,
and mayor of Hardferdshire on the Tames. We find the girls posing for a selfie while preparing for tonight’s gala “The Octopus Ball”
…these are the self-styled “Daughter’s of the Stream”.

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Lord Cecil of the Goodfur

This painting was was completed on October 14, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. Further it is a complete re-do of the unsuccessful
His Lordship Albertus, from earlier in the year.
This is his story…Meet Lord Cecil of the Goodfur, the titular head of the…“Proud Shorthairs of the Chowder and Marching Band,” being the social arm of his more militant steampunkers. Today we find him in his lair beneath the Goodfur Keep. He is attended to by with his robot man-servant Alfred, while admiring the cavernous space where “matters of the steam” are often debated and formulated. Those with a sense of irony will note that there is no “giant penny.”

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The Old Sea Captian

This painting was was completed on September 29, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on hardwood with a 2 cradle.”
This is his story…HMS Defiant has just dropped anchor in the Galapagos islands. The grizzled old sea captain knows the age of steam is coming but he’s enjoying what is likely his last command. Seems he been on the tail of the French raider “le baguette” whom he hopes to confront east of Fiji. “We’ll do more than break bread”, he thinks to himself…then smiles at the pun…and farts.

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marco the steampunk warrior

This painting was was completed on September 10, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.”
This is his story…It’s late in the day, the first contingent of steampunk warriors are starting to drift in after their climactic paintball battle with the Borg.
Marco their beloved leader and alpha male is shown here, posing for our admiration.

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weird tails

This painting was was completed on August 20, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.”
This is the story…Weird Tails is an American fantasy and horror fiction magazine that began publishing in late 1922. However, this early issue never sees the light of day. The problem was that the story was true! A manuscript has turned up from an ancient geezer named Jacob Donner Jr. which proportedlly tells the story of an ill-fated wagon train, the attempted winter crossing of the Sierra Nevada’s, the sickness and depravity and finally CANNIBALISM. Jacob has somehow survived the harrowing experience and ends his account with “that which happens in the mountains stays in the mountains.” The publisher thinks the story is not weird enough for his discerning audience.

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pee-wee’s Playhouse -sold

This painting was was completed on August 8, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on hardwood with a 2” cradle.
(painting sold in July 2024 to a local Soulard collector)
This is his story…Pastor Paul has recently passed away. Fondly remembered as a fiery critic of conservative extremists and radical authoritarians. Legal woes followed him when his risqué collection of young felines (that he called his art collection) was seized by local fascists. This issue precipitated the move of his congregation to the island of Toga, where his church (often referred to as The Playhouse) flourished. His parishioners often called him Peewee…no one really seems to know why.

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Time for steampunk-sold

This painting was was completed on July 24, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on hardwood.
(painting sold in June 2024 to a local Soulard collector)
This is his story…Leonard Mocavitz, a distinctive  blue-point, from the immigrant  community,  is the subject of our tale today. Leo has finished preparing his evening attire, he’s late. The clock-of-gears is showing a tad past ten. The guests will be arriving shortly. Leo is nervous, he will be leading the reading from Neuromancer. He can’t get the books final line out of his mind. “He never saw Molly again.”

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Pretty in Pink -Sold

This painting was was completed on July 8, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on hardwood.
(painting sold in May 2024 to a local collector)
This is his story…Pretty in Pink is a single by the English band “The Psychedelic Furs” originally released in the early 80’s —forgettable really, but it became the theme for the teen cult classic of the same name. Molly Ringfur thinks wistfully of that formative time, her adventures as a young actress, various missteps and small victories. Today we find Molly in her newest pink creation, walking along the beach, enjoying life  and pondering over, whatever happened to “The Psychedelic Furs.” —forgettable really.

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Big brother is watching you-Sold

This painting was was completed on June 7, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on hardwood.
(painting sold in July 2024 to a local collector)
This is his story…Maurice is walking down 12th  going to his favorite watering hole, “Goodfellas”. The neighborhood is changing he notes, cctv’s popping up,
not as many smiling faces, propaganda posters starting to appear. As an agnostic-trans-queer-dandy, this gives him pause.
A Chinese couple takes this photo…then scurry on.

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“i lift my lamp BESIDE the Golden Door” -sold

This painting was was completed on May 23, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on hardwood.
(Sold to a collector from California on October 29, 2023)
This is his story…The year is 1919, life in Southern Italy and Sicily offers landless peasants little more than hardship, exploitation and violence,
malnutrition and disease are widespread. Fleeing this grinding  poverty we find Giuseppe Lugo one of more fortunate
of the feline immigrants of this age.  He has traveled with his kit mates to the new world, shown here standing at the rail of the steamer,
over his shoulder is Lady Liberty, next stop is Ellis Island and then lower Manhattan,  likely Five-Points or Hells Kitchen
…his adventure in the new world is about to begin.

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Fractal Expressionism - 2023 - sold

This painting was was completed on April 28th, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on hardwood.
(Sold to a collector from Idaho on October 29, 2023)
This is his story…The opening decades of the twentieth century found Marcel exploring
 the fractal mysteries inherent in the expressionist movement. 
Huge, complex creations that often took months to complete and pushed him to the brink 
of mental clarity OR insanity...as certain biographers have charged.

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The magnificent MERCUTIO -sold

This painting was was completed on April 14th, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
This is his story…In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, Two households, both alike in dignity, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
Here stands Mercuito…of a volatile nature, quick wit, and saucy wordplay. Our subject is but a player upon our stage.|
A pair of star-cross’d lovers will take their lifes and move our hearts in tragedy.

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The magician

This painting was was completed on March 31, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
This is the story…Antonio is a practitioner of the mystic arts, an illusionist of great power. But occasionally one needs to refresh one’s abilities and study the tomes.
With a sigh, he turns to reviewing the little known codicil from the Magicians Mystical Agreement that states…“no mage may knowingly or other wise dabble in the very dark arts. These dark arts are defined as follows; the calling or conjuring of demonic entities,
the use of alchemy to turn cat poop into gold and lastly…hanging about with dogs.

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Girl with the Pearl Earring-sold

This painting was was completed on March 12, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
(Sold to a collector from California on October 29, 2023)
This is the story…The idea, claims the curator, is Renaissance personalities posed against contemporary painted backgrounds,
“to contrast and compare, this juxtaposition of style, form and color. The timelessness of then and now”.
“Girl with a Pearl Earring” is portrayed by Catharine, a cos-play actor of some local renown, in this case there is historical significance.
Cat claims direct (although somewhat muddled records during the World Wars have cast doubt) descent from the famous artist.
And…it must be noted, no Pearl Earring.

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Amazing Stories

This painting was was completed on February 28th, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
This is the story…Hugo Gernsfur was the publisher of an extensive line of genre fiction. None of which is more famous than his flagship magazine “Amazing Stories.”
This early mock-up of the never published first issue featured himself on the cover. His distractors considered him a bit vane and pompous
but when measuring tail with other publishers… few could compare.
Today, the top prize for science fiction is naturally, called the “Hugo”.

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Malcolm the Steampunk Professor

This painting was was completed on Feburary 16th, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on hardwood with an 1 1/2” cradle.
This is his story…Malcolm studied the steampunk fantasies of WilsonGibson during his undergraduate years, he practiced these useful delusions in his later everyday
AND his professional life. IT WAS his theoretical breakthrough followed by the unfortunate lab accident…that gave him pause.
The resulting alternate universe was a given, the translucent T-Rex was a surprise.
He is shown here staring at that result.

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the Sunday Painter

This painting was was completed on January 24th, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
This is her story…Betty: from her address to the members of the Sunday Painters Association…
We are gathered here with our oils and acrylics,
our watercolors and clays to make a creative statement. That statement may be one of color, line, form or texture. 
Our tools may include brushes, palette knives, pencils, wet paws, even flung containers of paint. 
We will give our  best, we will pour out creativity on canvases, panels, papers and walls.
So say we all…the Sunday Painter association.
-yours in art, “the booper”

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A tom called Jasper - SOLD

This painting was was completed on January 11th, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on hardwood with an 1 1/2” cradle.
(Sold to a collector from Indiana on November 18, 2023)
This is his story…Jasper Longwiskers is a Tom with an interesting if Royal genealogy, he is currently 35th in cue for the FurCrown. He can often be found along the shore conversing with his subjects. Considered one of the dimmest colors in the Crowns paintbox Jasper loves to give himself titles.
BUT  as  the Lord of “Whatever He Say’s Must Be True” AND “He Who Picks Shells,” on the shores of Nevertown…well… you could say, he’s a royally righteous dude. 

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His Lordship Albertus-repurposed

This painting was was completed on February 7th, 2023, 30”x 30”, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
This is his story…The expedition has the stink of Imperialism about it, extending power into other territories for economic and political gain.
The leader of this unfortunate enterprise is His Lordship Albertus of Pretoria, a Bashar of hand-picked steampunk mercenaries.
They have been dispatched north to the darker regions of the continent to search for the Lost City of Opar.
We foresee very little in positive out-comes.

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