Original acrylic painting by Leah Palmer Preiss, depicting a marmalade cat dancing on a garden wall with a bright yellow sunflower. Cats love the sun as much as sunflowers do, so these two were meant for each other. As they dance for joy they form the letter H, for happiness, hope, helianthus, heliophilous, or however you want to think of it! Maybe you know someone who needs cheering up

The painting was executed in acrylics over a collaged background of text (scanned from an old dictionary, including the definition of "heliophilous: attracted by the sun") on 6"x 6" canvas.


One of a series of "Curiotype" alphabet paintings created for Anu Garg's A Word A Day 2023
For more A.Word.A.Day art, please see: http://etsy.me/1mTGMom

It's a deep 6"x6"x1.5" canvas & all edges are painted with a warm metallic texture as shown, so it looks finished even without a frame.

For prints of this image & other cat-related art, please see: http://etsy.me/1k2UCoQ

I will pack it carefully for safe transit, & mail it Priority USPS, insured.

***Note new policy on original art: Insurance required, cost included in postage***

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