Cat in a Purple Chair

Here is a painting of a cat using the very painterly effect employed by Robert Henri---the artist I wrote about in my last post.

I love using lots of paint and as few brush strokes as I can get away with.
Robert Henri was a master at this and I study his work in the off chance I might find the understanding to lay the stroke down and leave it alone.
I am in love with the colors and the appearance of this cat ready to jump from the chair at any moment for any reason.

It is a hard thing to be confident enough to trust one stroke. As in the previous post about unusual moments in the world around us and using them to grow and become wise, I search for that ray of light. I found it in the sunshine, a cat, and a chair.