Portrait of a Dead Cat No 1
77 x 92 cms  1997
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While we were living down the end of a dirt road at Currency Creek, SA, we had a German Shepherd called Dillon. He also appears in 'Interior with Dog', 'Interior with Oranges', 'The Nude in Art' and 'Ken and Brian'. One day, we were strolling down this dirt road with Dillon, when he took off after a cat, killed it, and sheepishly  brought it back to us, not knowing quite what to do with it. Nor did we, come to that. Anyway, when we said, "drop it," he obediently did so, right in the middle of the road, so I went home, got my camera, came back and photographed it. My husband, Ken, said, "You can't do this, Liz!"

The horse in the background of the first photo is Cooper, my lovely chestnut quarter horse, who also died.

Anyway, I painted it as a series of memorable photos pinned to a wall, along with other memorabilia, (that's our son, Brian, in the sea) and a friend now has it hung in her lounge.

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