Robert Rigsby, Jr.'s Artspan Blog

I'm not usually inspired to paint pets but when It's yours and he strikes such an interesting pose, I couldn't resist.  Bob is a manx cat which is characterized by a stubby tail.  Don't you like his original insightful name?  Yes, he's a bobtail cat.  He like all our cats like to lay in the sun patches on the floor where it's warm but this morning he picked a spot lit through our vertical blinds hence the bands of light.  Challenging piece to paint but I think Bob likes it...