Space Cat

I’ve been curious about black light reactive paint for a while but it wasn’t until a friend asked me about commissioning a painting of a “black light cat” that I put in the effort to learn the medium. It took a lot of practice to figure out how to mix the paint to get the right colors in both natural and UV light, but I think I did pretty good for a first try!

The final painting, in natural light.
I used an Ampersand Art Board instead of canvas, because of the clean, flat texture and the attractive raw wood edges that make framing unnecessary.
The painting under black light.

As usual, I did a lot of the planning for the painting on the computer, and was so happy with the digital version that I decided to make it available as art prints and tote bags on my shop.

The original design, created in Adobe Illustrator.

I was delighted to be able to gift the original painting to my friend on his wedding day…and thrilled to be able to attend! The wedding was the first time in months that I’d seen many of my friends, and since then I’ve done a lot of catching up, traveling, and eating out. It feels fantastic to finally be getting back to normal.

Art events are starting back up too!

I’ll have two paintings included in the THRIVE! group show at Art For The People Gallery, on display June 19 – September 30, and viewable on their online shop.

Hopefully, we’ll get to start having opening receptions again soon. I can’t wait!