The “Tiny Cats” series were inspired by black paper silhouettes. When I lived in Paris as a child, we saw artists in the city parks cut silhouettes of children’s profiles from black paper with tiny scissors. It made an impression on me that I have never forgotten. These linocuts feature black cats on colorful backgrounds and measure 2”x 4” or smaller.
I like making large, complicated linocuts, but I also like to work small. It is a lot of fun to simplify a piece of art to the minimum of shapes, lines and colors. I once had a patron say to me, “it is amazing how you can just put blobs of ink on paper and make a recognizable thing!” – he was looking at “Bird”, a naughty cat sitting on top of a bird cage. I also like the effect of red with black and white, so I often use that color palette with many of my really small works.
Within this category are the Cats with Flowers series, Window Seat series and the Naughty Cats series. Click here for Naughty Cats: https://annegaines.com/artists-series/naughty-cats/
Link to Tiny Cats in my Shop:
