CHARLIE HUNTER hunter-studio

This was an 8x10 I did as a prize for one of Eric Rhoads daily Covid-casts. I had originally wanted to send Corduroy herself as a prize, but was convinced to, instead, send this little painting.

Corduroy is always hungry. She is on a special diet, and medications that must be given twice daily. Thus mealtimes are very, VERY special times at 33 Bridge Street. Corduroy's favorite toy is this wool mouse, named, naturally enough, MOSS.

Another 8x10 of Lord Cord. I painted this for Betty Soo's birthday, coming up soon. Don't tell her!

Corduroy has definite opinions. She very much likes to watch me paint, and her favorite vantage spot was this Chewy box. Alas, this Chewy box is no longer, as a few weeks ago, I needed to ship a painting, and since this box was exactly the right size, I unceremoniously dumped Corduroy out of it and started to prepare it for packing the painting. It smelled kind of bad, though, and I soon discovered why. There was a nearly-mummified mouse adhered under a piece of cardboard inside the box. Corduroy is a very good mouser, but she never eats them. She does LICK them very thoroughly, however, and then leaves them in interesting places. EWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

Corduroy was Betty Soo's cat in Texas for many years. However, in 2018, Corduroy moved to my studio in Bellows Falls, and underwent a miraculous transformation. She had always been a very territorial, and rather fierce kitty in Texas, but as soon as she recovered from her first (and she fervently hopes only) airplane trip, she emerged as a sweet kitty. A docile kitty. A 'gosh, I am ever so happy to see you' kitty. Either the trip was so awful that she vowed that if she survived she would reform her ways, or else she is a Bernie Sanders type gal. We may never know.

Stupid human. You're not my mom.