September 24, 2008

owl friendly lamp

Owl friendly lamp
5 x 7 in.

Believe it or not, this is inspired by a real lamp that exists, sans the "real" owls of course. I found it featured in a beautiful living room in an old issue of House and Garden. And of course, continuing with my "realism" series ~ I thought it would be fun to paint, but then add "real" owls to it, as if this lamp actually came with them. Then I thought what would a cat do with a lamp that was holding real owls, well observe it, or spend a very long time staring at it.

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Comments (4)

thank you marisa. so very well stated. You are completely right that though we are all internally striving for the 'chat over the fence' kind of visits, the internet and media just spreads us too far out, and we all need to be reminded of the TRUE relationships and conversations that happen in our own little bubbles. Amen!
I love everything about this piece.
I was just going to ask where one could find such a cool lamp - with owls and all! Super cute painting, well done!
I'm so enjoying your realism series Marisa and I love your color palatte.