I am a fan of large paintings as perhaps you know, so it really got my attention that Sotheby's is auctioning off what an article at Huffington Post calls "possibly the worlds largest cat painting".   At six feet tall and eight and a half feet wide, it's size is in range with my own work, just 18 inches wider than the largest I've done so far.  

   

 

And it's awesome!  Apparently it was commissioned by the owner of the cats and titled "My Wife's Lovers" by the woman's husband.  Love his sense of humor!  The short video below gives some interesting facts about this epic piece, and notes that the artist sketched the cats for three years before starting the painting, and that no two have the same expression, so he was successful at capturing them as individuals, which I can relate to and with this many different subjects in one painting is something I greatly admire about the piece.  

 

 

The size of this painting lead the head of the 19th century European Paintings Drawings and Sculpture department, Polly Sartori to mention how anyone who comes to see any of the works in the upcoming auction, which go on view Friday, won't be able to avoid the piece, which will be displayed as a centerpiece.  

 

And that is one of the main reasons I love painting large, I love it when someone sees them in person, large paintings command attention and really make a special statement in any room, including in the midst of other fabulous works of art at Sotheby's.  

 

If you find yourself interested in seeing any of my large cow paintings in person, please visit me in my studio which is open to the public at 130 E. Main Street in El Cajon, California (San Diego County).  Appointments are suggested.

Currently in the studio is this four foot by six foot original oil painting of Angus Calves, among a few others.

Angus Group original oil painting by Denise Rich   48"x72"

 

Perhaps someday Sotheby's will be auctioning off a huge cow painting!