I’m on a perpetual mission.In love with the physical world and with transporting color, form, thought to the screen. CatRutgers4Art traverses fifteen years of experiments. All rooted in my own experience, my own painting, drawing, collage, photographs, scans. The things touched in the garden, the studio, and the things we feel but can never hold in our hands, the sky, the air, the pixels assembled and reassembled in a potent conundrum of bliss. With wonder, with love, Cat
Sanctified ~ Yet the water keeps falling, the sky behind it is pale blue, the clouds are distinct, puffy. The dogwalker is laughing, taking pictures. I am standing in the raindrops.
The rainy-gray end-of-September days held a hovering heartache. Made me edgy. Nostalgic. Surprised when twilight comes so soon. Wondering if I took full advantage of the glorious summer.
Prowling deep through the archives, my attention was snagged by six raw scans. They’re from 2002, the last day of October through the fifth of November. Paint on paper, silkscreen on paper, paper glued onto paper, and a sapphire-toned CD. On Friday, September 27, 2024, their new forms came swiftly, one after the other. Now they’re ready. Here we go!
In the Surf, There’s a Party Over Here (Image 0563) & After the Waterfall (Dream Birds on Canvas) ~ 15-13 March 2024
Time doesn’t fly. It loops and leaps and spirals. Skips and strolls. Especially when you’re on a journey through social media terrain. On the 10th of July 2023, my @ziartcat project began with a commitment to publish one work of art, five days a week, for one year. It’s been a wild adventure.
Along the way I captured some flashbacks. The squares below hold nine days of images as they appeared onscreen, from the top-left corner to the lowest-right in reverse chronological order. Now, only three more days of posting and my promise will be achieved. Yes!!!
The Very First Nine for Ziartcat ~ From “Tweaked” Thursday, 20 July, to “Thought for Food” Monday, 10 July 2023
“My kitchen faces west, and the late-afternoon light is often spectacular, shining low from across the street and casting strange shadows or mysterious reflections. It was around this magical time that I decided Athena needed to be washed.”
We Are OK ~ From “Perfect Orange Ten” Monday, 25 September, to “Did You See the Full Moon” Tuesday, 12 September 2023
“A tasty treat of luminous abstraction for a slow sweet Monday. Let the stars streak and the bubbles fly.”
Words Text Love Magic ~ From “Helix Pink-Green” Tuesday, 24 October, to “O is for Open” Tuesday, 3 October 2023
“Spiral down to this in your sweet time … A cul-de-sac doesn’t mean there’s no exit. It all was illuminating and gives me precious experience to be used along the winding way of my perpetually evolving aspirations.”
All Together Now ~ From “So Below” Monday, 14 August, to “Containing Fire” Thursday, 3 August 2023
“This year let’s have courage strength hope music discipline faith vision magic fun connection love. We’re each a part of this even when we don’t know it.”
Fleeting Glimpse ~ From “The Oaks” Monday, 26 February, to “This Is What” Friday, 16 February 2024
“Minding the gap, though there are no closing doors. Today I feel expansive.”
Very Cherry ~ From “Iconic Observations” Wednesday, 27 March, to “In the Surf” Friday, 15 March 2024
“No, I’m not the goddess, just the flip side of Venus. I’m the dipsy doodle in your onion dip. I’m the one who had you howling at the sky when there was no moon.”
In Love with These Colors ~ From “Starry Night Under the Ocean” Thursday, 15 February, to “Personal Shades” Monday, 5 February 2024
“Oh, happy Vale of Right On Times!! Sing out!! Let there be music in the air.”
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