Friday, November 19, 2010

Musical Mischief-Maker

Yet another illustration-in-progress from the book I'm working on. In this scene that sneaky cat learns he can summon the birds & beasts with the magic flute. Uh-oh!

Acrylic on text & maps on canvas, 4.5x5.4" detail of the full painting, which is 9x12".
Please click for a closer view-- can you find the (sneakily) hidden cat?

For The Old Man and the Cat, by Anthony Holcroft, to be published in 2011 by Penguin NZ.

16 comments:

Lins Artyblobs said...

It's a beautiful picture & I found the cat

Unknown said...

THis is awesome! Love the cat!

Andrew W. Moir said...

Wow, this is incredible! :)

Juan said...

woooow Leah! What a wonderful image! Fantastic!

Chevonne said...

This is terrific! Love it :)

Tony LaRocca said...

Sneaky, but could he eat them all?

Vilt og vakkert said...

Heisann!


This bokk must be wonderful ;:OD)

Vilt og vakkert said...

book, of course ;:OD)

Ray Ferguson said...

Great style...I'd like to see the rest of the book.

Brine Blank said...

That's really sharp!

Anonymous said...

If that's an unfinished illustration I can't wait to see the finished one. Great illustration.

poppylocke said...

Beautiful work! And I found the hidden cat too!

Megan Moran Smith said...

Amazing illustration, you are so talented.

Andrew Finnie said...

where am I ahh I am in wonderland... your work is suprb Leah the saturation of the colours has that wonderful glow that speaks to our joy butons :)

thankyou for sharing your work

we are lucky eh?

Elizabeth Parsons said...

i found the cat! great illo.

Elizabeth

Silvia Lisanti said...

Wow!!!
Excellent work on this!! so rich on details...