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This was a fun painting in that I tried some things that I have not done before which is, I think, why a lot of us do what we do. To explore a new approach. I paint in acrylic but in this case I used more built up washes than I usually do. Using spots of blue and lavendar in the shadows areas was pleasing for me to try. This was a commissioned piece and I think that I replicated the cat pretty faithfully. The client was very pleased.

A Colorado native and long-time Fort Collins resident, Bob's painting style reflects his Western Heritage yet is uniquely his own. He strives for an image that is unusual and that brings pleasure in the doing as well as in the viewing. His work is often stylized, often whimsical, always colorful and strong in design and composition. Animals, landscapes, people, history and mythology provide him a wealth of subject matter. He also produces images that are purely abstract or non-objective in nature. He works with a color palette reminiscent of the Fauvist movement and often combines both realism and abstraction in one piece. Coonts' work has been likened to abstract surrealism, realism with an abstract point of view or...