{"id":19809,"date":"2024-11-06T01:34:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T01:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?p=19809"},"modified":"2025-05-22T00:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T00:38:55","slug":"two-more-cats-and-three-birds-adopted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?p=19809","title":{"rendered":"Two more cats and three birds adopted&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>November 5, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8216;Spooky&#8217; and &#8216;Sun Lover&#8217; were two other cats that were adopted during the art show this past Saturday. It makes me so happy to see people drawn to my art. These two paintings were based on our own feral cat nursery family of 2021. I almost felt bad letting them go, but I know they now live in a loving place \ud83d\ude42 And just in case you had wanted one of these two paintings for yourself: contact me and we can arrange for a top quality art print at a size that suits you!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"995\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.16.14-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.16.14-PM.png 995w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.16.14-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.16.14-PM-768x772.png 768w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.16.14-PM-665x668.png 665w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.16.14-PM-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.16.14-PM-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.16.14-PM-48x48.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 995px) 100vw, 995px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>&#8216;Spooky&#8217;<\/em> &#8211; Art print available at request<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.15.59-PM-1024x825.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.15.59-PM-1024x825.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.15.59-PM-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.15.59-PM-768x619.png 768w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.15.59-PM-665x536.png 665w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.15.59-PM-24x19.png 24w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.15.59-PM-36x29.png 36w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.15.59-PM-48x39.png 48w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.15.59-PM.png 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Sun Lover<\/em> &#8211; Art print available at request<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Three non-felines also flew the coop on Saturday. These mini bird paintings were a true joy to make. Nature inspired me! Two of them appeared in my own backyard, and the purple &#8216;psychedelic&#8217; bird was based on a documentary about the impressive migrants that many small birds are. They fly right over the great lakes to find a warm place to winter and then right back up to the north to procreate. Wow. Just wow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.58.06-PM-1024x765.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.58.06-PM-1024x765.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.58.06-PM-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.58.06-PM-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.58.06-PM-665x497.png 665w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.58.06-PM-24x18.png 24w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.58.06-PM-36x27.png 36w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.58.06-PM-48x36.png 48w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.58.06-PM.png 1338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Psychedelic migrant &#8211; Art print available at request<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.57.52-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.57.52-PM.png 758w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.57.52-PM-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.57.52-PM-665x877.png 665w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.57.52-PM-18x24.png 18w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.57.52-PM-27x36.png 27w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.57.52-PM-36x48.png 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Blue Jay &#8211; Art print available at request<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.57.40-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.57.40-PM.png 554w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.57.40-PM-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.57.40-PM-16x24.png 16w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.57.40-PM-24x36.png 24w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-7.57.40-PM-32x48.png 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Titmouse &#8211; art print available at request<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>And finally I also said goodbye to one of my few landscapes. My Monet-inspired take on a lovely landscape in the South of France, where I hope to return to some day to do plein-air painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"902\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.36.32-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.36.32-PM.png 902w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.36.32-PM-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.36.32-PM-768x616.png 768w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.36.32-PM-665x534.png 665w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.36.32-PM-24x19.png 24w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.36.32-PM-36x29.png 36w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-8.36.32-PM-48x39.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 902px) 100vw, 902px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Mediterranean scenery &#8211; Art print available at request<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 5, 2024 &#8216;Spooky&#8217; and &#8216;Sun Lover&#8217; were two other cats that were adopted during the art show this past Saturday. It makes me so happy to see people drawn to my art. These two paintings were based on our own feral cat nursery family of 2021. I almost felt bad letting them go, but I know they\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?p=19809\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2671],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists-blog"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Nicky","author_link":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?author=1"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?cat=2671\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Artist&#039;s Blog<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Artist&#039;s Blog<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 year ago","modified":"Updated 12 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on ","modified":"Updated on "},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on  ","modified":"Updated on  "},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19809"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19816,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19809\/revisions\/19816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}