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About CatRutgers4Art

Original art by Catherine Rutgers, with musings on the media and the methods. Founded in 2010. “I believe in magic moments. Am not afraid to be sentimental, and adore a tweaked cliché. Two of my favorite pastimes are watching paint dry and observing green tendrils unfold.”

Color Studies

Posted on March 2, 2013 by CatRutgers4Art

Lately I’ve been feeling funny, like my tongue has got the cat. Lately I’ve been feeling more than nostalgic, traveling back and forth through history while simultaneously re-creating every little thing. And I must say, it has been thrilling but … Continue reading →

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Cutting-Edge Domesticity and the Medicine Cabinet, circa 1938

Posted on February 23, 2013 by CatRutgers4Art

Here he is. Walter Gladstone Darbyshire the first, who will be followed by my uncle and my cousin, the second and third. This is him in 1920, my grandfather, union man, long-time Detroit resident, and decoupage artist. Grandpa Walter had … Continue reading →

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Vale o’ Right-in-Times

Posted on February 11, 2013 by CatRutgers4Art

Fourteen images for the 14th of February. Happy Valentines to all! Love, Cat Come to me in all your raging splendor. Come to me in your most bedraggled and despondent disillusion. Come to me in our most giddy and tenacious … Continue reading →

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Almost Blue

Posted on February 2, 2013 by CatRutgers4Art

What is the moon doing to us? Waning in the depths of winter, the cold ungraced with snow. Come back, soft and frosty blanket. Please don’t leave us sloshing in the rain. Come back, your lightness, capricious orb, once so … Continue reading →

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Guest Spot: Susan Scutti and Sarah Valeri

Posted on January 21, 2013 by CatRutgers4Art

Susan Scutti and Sarah Valeri, the author-artist team behind The Deceptive Smiles of Bredmeyer Deed, have merged an awesome science-fiction story with a thirst-quenching dose of the emotion and mindfulness that are all too often missing from this genre. The … Continue reading →

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