This is another pet portrait that a lovely woman purchased at the Humane Society’s auction “Reigning Cats and Dogs.” Pet portraits are bid upon and the winner furnishes me several photographs to use as references.
Month: June 2020
Pet Portrait: Persian Cat
This is a portrait of a pet Persian cat. Its owner bought one of my donated “pet portraits” at the Humane Society Auction. I do the portraits using reference photographs that the owners provide. I made several studies of this cat which you can see by going to my dailypaintworks gallery. Click here.
Nepenthes Rajah
This is a ground pitcher plant and is the largest of one type of pitcher plant. It is a native of Malaysian Borneo and its pitchers have been measured at over 16 inches long. It can capture lizards, frogs, rodents and other vermin. If you would like to see more about this painting or see other omnivorous plants, click here.
Sarracenia Purpurea Pitcher Plant
This plant was used by the Algonquin, Cree, Iroquois and other native American tribes to treat small pox by means of a root infusion. The plant likes to grow in bogs, swamps, and wet, sandy meadows. To see more about this painting and to see other paintings of carnivorous plants, click here.
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