Irish Cat
by Michele Avanti
Title
Irish Cat
Artist
Michele Avanti
Medium
Painting - Painting Acrylics
Description
From my Cats In Hats series, here is Irish Cat, she is an older orange tabby on her way to an Irish wedding, dressed fashionably for the occasion. This painting is based on a photo of our dear old kitty Sousa who has crossed the bridge at a very old age. I did not have a good resolution photo available but I think I managed to paint him close to his real self. Oh, yes, he was a he..and I have made him a she..but alas, knowing how loving he was, he would have let you put a dress on him just so he could purr in your arms.
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Common Mackerel tabby, with the striped pattern
A tabby, also known as grey tiger, is any domestic cat that has a coat featuring distinctive stripes, dots, lines or swirling patterns, usually together with a mark resembling an M on its forehead. Tabbies are sometimes erroneously assumed to be a cat breed.[1] In fact, the tabby pattern is found in many breeds, as well as among the general mixed-breed population. The tabby pattern is a naturally occurring feature that may be related to the coloration of the domestic cat's direct ancestor, the African Wildcat, which (along with the European Wildcat and Asiatic Wildcat) has a similar coloration.
The English term "tabby" comes from a translation of the French for "striped silk taffeta", which derives from the French "tabis", meaning "a rich watered silk (originally striped)", in turn from Middle French "atabis" (14th century), from the Arabic term "attabiya", from "Attabiy", a neighborhood of Baghdad where such cloth was first made, named for Prince 'Attab of the Umayyad Caliphate, as compared to the Spanish term "ataviar", meaning "to decorate or to dress or wear" (often implying very elegant and/or expensive clothing).[2] The term tabby cat, "one with a striped coat", is attested from the 1690s; the shortened form tabby was first attested in 1774. The idea of "female cat" (1826) may be influenced by the feminine proper name Tabby, a pet form of Tabitha, which was used in the late 18th century as slang for a "difficult old woman"
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Laurel Adams
Michele, With my best friend preparing Christmas Tea for tomorrow...your Tribute Day begins tonite...:-) and...I am so excited to explore your CATS IN HATS COLLECTION! I love how you infuse personality into the hats for your clients’ cats. Delightful backstories as well. L
GJ Glorijean
Michele Avanti, Thank You for getting your animals dressed for a blessing! Fun & Fancy. I'd love to see you transform your painting photos into a new work, polytych for another FAA group I run A4B, Art 4 Billboards Wide Format... You could fuse together the 3 hats dressed; and another one for the dogs! Love them, Precious! Also for nature & animals to display in the host SH group there needs to be Word/scripture so if you add it to any of these it would be adorable new works for cards, decor & gifts... You get to decide what you have time, energy & muse to do... Just sharing! This series is adorable. LF GJ glorijean
Michele Avanti replied:
Glorijean, these are great ideas. I so seldom consider doing more any piece. I create and then create. But I will take these ideas in and see when the time is available to work on them. So very kind of you to share. I am a minister and have in the past been the one to do the Animal Blessing Ceremony each year. Love St. Francis and the work he did to bring animals to the place of honor they deserve. TY!
Jeff Iverson
Congratulations your wonderful work is now featured on Artist Salon 1! Please add your work to our Discussion archive for features.
Maria Hunt
Revisiting this treasure to congratulate you on your 2nd place finish with this painting Michele. Great job.
Felipe Adan Lerma
This is adorable, Michele! My wife and I both love kitty cats, and she's half Irish, so this caught my eye right away! (smiles)
Ronel Broderick
Congratulations ! Your Outstanding Art Work was FEATURED in the Group and rated The Best of the Best
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Chrisann Ellis
PJ, Your Work has been Featured On The Home Page of Weekly Fun For All Mediums..Happy Days..Congrats!!!
Jacqueline Athmann
OH HAPPY Day!!! This photo makes me feel happy! So happy that it's been featured on the Oh Happy Day group homepage. Thank you for growing my smile today! F/L/T
Mariola Bitner
Congratulations on your outstanding artwork! It has been chosen to be FEATURED in the group “500 VIEWS.