Mr. Butters the Cat
12 x 12 inches. Oil and 24k gold leaf on wood panel.
Mr. Butters is the third painting in the Familiars series.
Cats are the quintessential familiars of witches and wizards. They easily navigate the boundaries of this world and the next, and they reveal their secrets to few (or none). Each cat, as T.S. Eliot said, has a true name that you never will guess.
Winter represents death, a dark time when the world lies sleeping under frost and snow. It’s the hardest time of year, but:
“The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind,
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”
-Percy Bysshe Shelley