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\u201cHello Kitten\u201d – oil on canvas. I just finished this oil painting for my solo show, \u201cJungle Train\u201d opening in one week at @thinkspace_art. I\u2019ll also be releasing a limited edition print of this painting at the opening. DM me your email address if you\u2019d like to be added to my mailing list to receive the advance collector\u2019s preview for the show. . I had an idea a while ago to do a piece with a woman with a white cat head wearing a @hellokitty t-shirt. My friends came over to my studio a few months back with their adorable baby girl who was 10 months old at the time. My friend Amanda posed while Max stood next to me holding their baby. Mari started to cry and wanted her mom and I said go ahead and hold her and maybe I would do a painting of them together. Once with her mom she settled right down. She looked at her dad who was standing right next to me and naturally took this pose mirroring the Hello Kitty character on the t-shirt. It was so perfect I knew I had to paint them like that! If you look at the reflection in the window on the left, the man there is Max. So this little kitten is sitting with her mom and looking across the train car to her dad.
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