Franco Matticchio

Cat Naps

Sebastiano Ranchetti

It's been a while since I have updated you on Emma's health: she has been doing relatively well

thanks to a cortisone-based treatment, but I am afraid that the next couple of weeks are going to be rough.

 Once again, thanks for your emotional support and good wishes!

In the meantime, it's been very hot, and our cats are busy sleeping most of the day
(above, Tina in front to her virtual version; below, Chapi around my head).
Well, cats love to sleep, and I love watching them sleep - in fact, I find them irresistible. 
I am not at all surprised that so many artist have captured these moments! 
In fact, this gallery cound go on and on and on...

Clare Turlay Newberry, Pandora, 1944

Elizabeth Bonsall, The book of the cat, 1903, via the Children's International Digital Library

Mary Fedden, The Poppy, the Cat and the Compass, thanks to Gatochy

Leonard Weisgard, Suki, the Siamese Pussy, 1937

Charles Wysocki, Too pooped to participate

Garth Williams, The Kitten Who Thought He Was a Mouse, 1954

 Hans Schmandt, Alle Tiere Schlafen Schon, 1973, thanks to Arthur van Kruining

Elizabeth Blackadder, Coco Sleeping

Tony Meeuwissen, Cat and mouse

Henri Galeron, Le chat

Madeleine Floyd

 Nicola Bayley, The patchwork cat

Natasha Fadeeva

Sarah Welch

Natsuo Ikegami

Screen Play

These eye-popping silkscreen prints were created by The Little Friends of Printmaking,

a husband and wife design duo based in Milwaukee. Melissa and J W Buchanan have been active

 poster artists since 2003, and have been featured in many publications and won the 2006 Young Guns Award.

Their humorous and super colorful visual language, steeped in popular culture such as cartoons and comics,

may looks deceptively simple, but their approach to silkscreening is both complex and refined. 

If you dig them too, you may buy their prints here, and check out an interesting and funny

 2009 interview on Grain Edit, where you'll find out about their background, working methods,

 like and dislikes, the origin of their name, and more.

Franco Matticchio

Bath Time

Bobby Bear's Annual, 1949, thanks to Tania Covo

May Byron, Cecil Aldin’s merry party, 1913

M. Belyaeva, The wolf and the goat, thanks to Ban Galbasi

 Leonard Weisgard, The clean pig, 1952

Franciszka Themerson, 1946, via Garaż ilustracji książkowych, thanks to ela

Jean de Brunhoff, Babar, 1931

James Marshall, George and Martha, 1997

 Elisabeth Brozowska, Isidore L'Hippopotame, 1969, thanks to illustration s'il vous plaît

Raymond Savignac, 1949

Alain Grée, thanks to mimi the minx

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WildLifePrints

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Gahan Wilson, 2004


Follow this link to see who else is in the bathtub...