Cat Island Painting

Stern foremost hauled; no mark of onward speeding ship, Stern ward she comes as vessels do, When sailors turn the helm. On entering harbor; all oars backwater, Gliding backward to anchor she comes. - Greek Poet Aratus on the constellation Argo. So it is in the sky over Cat Island the giant constellation Argo is seen, in the white of the milky way with tattered sails from storms of life, backing slowing into calmer waters of refuge. Argo means a company of travelers - Canopus, its leading star means "The Possession of Him who comes" The star Asmidiska means "the travelers released" and the star Sephenia means "abundance". And so between spending their nine lives the cats and kittens come to their refuge - for rest, for fun, for rejuvenating ... a sort of cat heaven. I think our heaven is similar if not the same. A place of rest and love. A place of abundance and fun. A place of recuperation and rejuvenation. Other constellations in the painting are: The Southern Cross is on the horizon - above it and lying across it is the dual nature Centaurus (whose Greek name is Cherion the pierced). In the high sky to the left Corvus the raven attacks Hydra that wicked snake of old and then Crater the cup of God's wrath poured on Hydra too. The brightest star in the sky is Sirius meaning sir or prince is also known as the dog star ... to me it represents Linus, Maron, Brick and Bella and Puppy. The cat cautiously entering heaven is Jelly, Gunter is the gray cat, Enid, she, now with white paws, the great hunter of butterflies and of course Patrick, Creampuff and many others are there too.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:28 W x 22 H x 1 D in

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