Meditation Series: More Home Cats, LA, 2024 Sketches 1-8
The rest of the LA cats I have known:
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Meditation Series: 5/8 Home Cats, LA, 2024
THIS is GusGus. Unfortunately, I identified Shiba in 3/8 Home Cats as Gussy. Shiba is very boring compared with GusGus. She (Shiba) just hangs out skittishly and will occasionally tolerate a caress if you come to her carefully. GusGus, as mentioned in 3/8 Home Cats, is very vocal, growling when she’s had enough attention, and […]
Meditation Series: 3/8 Home Cats, LA, 2024
This is Gusgus, aka Doublegus, aka Gussy. Her expressiveness is limited to meowing and growling and, oh yes, hissing. Meows are for getting attention. She growls when she is irritated (i.e., if she doesn’t like the way she is being petted). Her growls go away as soon as the offensive petting behavior (OPB) stops. Hissing […]
Meditation Series: 2/8 Home Cats, LA, 2024
This is a little raggedy (the drawing, not the cat). It was exceedingly difficult (for me) to capture the subtle shadings within the black fur. Also, it seemed like I drew the very fine white whiskers with a bar of soap. The cold-pressed paper’s texture was no help. Were I to repeat this drawing, it […]
Meditation Series: 1/8 Home Cats, LA, 2024
This series portrays the cats that roam around our house (inside our house). Joy and I live with our kids and their families. We don’t own any, but several of them are very affectionate and the rest either hide from us or are apathetic. Ash, portrayed below is one of the younger ones. He is […]
