The Tuxedo Cat Portrait is a pastel painting in landscape format, painted by the artist Karen Kaspar. On an abstracted background in bright shades of blue, turquoise, green, red and purple, you see a black and white Tuxedo cat with white spots on its head and chest in profile, sitting and looking to the left. For this portrait painting of our neighbour's beautiful cat that visited our garden, I first painted an abstract background with acrylics in shades of purple, pink and blue. Then I applied some clear gesso to give texture to the animal's fur. The kitten is painted with pastels. I used bright shades of blue, turquoise, green, red and purple on the background to highlight the cat's black and white fur. 59
I have been a passionate artist since childhood. I work in traditional painting techniques such as watercolour, acrylic, pastel and drawing with charcoal, pencil and ink. For me, inspiration is everywhere around me. My favourite subjects are flowers, animals (especially cats and birds), landscapes.. Read more…