Fat Cats IV: Touchdown?!

One of the things I like about this work is that we will never know the outcome - it will always hang in the balance. Will the player with the ball score a touchdown? Or will he experience a touchdown of another sort?

I've always thought this picture - along with others I've painted - would do well as art in an office lobby... a doctor's or dentist's waiting room...on the walls of a restaurant...or in a private dining room at home where a good conversation piece is needed. This is a painting to amuse people and get them laughing and talking.

FatCatsIV: Touchdown?

I've used a lot of strong primary colors in this work, as I believe the use of color is important in everyday life, especially if people are selecting neutral colors for their furnishings and wall coverings. Of my other Fat Cats series, one is in a private collection and another may be in an upcoming show at a different location.

You can view this work at the Bezpala Brown Gallery in Toronto for two days only, February 26 and 27, 2011. Bezpala Brown's location is 17 Church Street near Front Street East and gallery hours are 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. 416/907-6875. This is a group show so there will be many other artists displaying their work.

Detail: Note the glee on the cats face...

Copyright Deborah C. Sawyer

Red Envelope Show/What'sYour Rabbit? - until Feb. 13/11

"Now even the bunnies have guns!"

As it turns out, my first show of 2011 is at Hang Man Gallery which is honouring the Chinese New Year by having a Rabbit-themed art show.

All works on the walls - and this is a group show - have some sort of rabbit motif or theme. There's quite a variety of work: graphite on mylar, oil on canvas, acrylic on board, photography, etc.

My two works are entitled "Paradise Regained: After the Humans Have Gone" and "Now Even The Bunnies Have Guns!"

"Paradise regained"

Paradise Regained was painted several years ago and is part of my ongoing series of anthropomorphic works.  "Now Even the Bunnies..." started out as an idea I had, at which time it was more of a cartoon. But then it changed as I painted, into a pastoral scene in which a sinister development has occurred. Farmers beware; now even the bunnies have guns!

The Red Envelope Show runs through February 13, 2011. The gallery is at 756 Queen Street East, near Broadview Ave., in Toronto. Lots of restaurants and other shops nearby. The gallery can be reached at 416/465-0302.

Copyright Deborah C. Sawyer

Images also copyrighted to the artist.