Archive for May, 2011|Monthly archive page
aceo, animals, cat, domestic animal, gretchen del rio, kitty, meditating, miniature, napping, original, pet, watercolor, white cat
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Chat Blanc, Zenkats on May 31, 2011 at 11:34 am

original watercolor aceo 2.5 x 3.5 c5/2011
Swimming in a butterfly dream.
aceo, animals, cat, domestic animal, gretchen del rio, hobbit, kitty, meditating, middle earth, miniature, original, pet, watercolor
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Zenkats on May 27, 2011 at 12:22 pm

original watercolor aceo 3.5 x 2.5 c5/2011
Primula lives in middle earth with a very nice Hobbit family. She is sitting here on her mushroom stool gazing out the window at the enchanted forest which surrounds her house.
aceo, animals, cat, domestic animal, gretchen del rio, kitty, meditating, miniature, original, pet, siamese, watercolor
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Zenkats on May 17, 2011 at 3:00 pm

original watercolor aceo 3.5 x 2.5 c5/2011
Sami is a spectacular siamese cat. He talks very loudly….especially when he wants dinner. His owner rings a little bell to tell Sami when it is time to eat and Sami yells all the way to his dish. Beautiful cat.
aceo, animals, arctic wolf, gretchen del rio, miniature, original, spirit, totem, watercolor, white wolf, wolf
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Wolves on May 16, 2011 at 2:31 pm

original watercolor aceo 3.5 x 2.5 c5/2011
The arctic wolf is one of the few species able to survive the very severe arctic cold. I have the pleasure of knowing an arctic wolf by the name of ‘Bear.’ His fur is so very thick. I don’t think you could reach the skin. After he swims in the lake he looks a bit thinner, but his fur layer is still massive. Very sweet boy.
animals, boxer dog, domestic animal, gretchen del rio, house pet, photograph
In Critters on May 16, 2011 at 11:14 am

sachi - boxer - photograph
Sachi is a very special boxer. Very beautiful with reeeally long legs. She actually belongs to my son and his family, but I helped to raise her for her first three years. Grama/nanny. She and I spent many days relaxing and walking on ‘Dog Beach’ in Huntington Beach, California. Wonderful dog. This photo was taken when she was a youth. Now she has become the Grande Old Dame. Very sweet. She was also named for Indra’s wife.
aceo, animals, cat, celestial, domestic animal, goddess, gretchen del rio, kitty, meditating, miniature, original, pet, spiritual, watercolor, white cat
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Chat Blanc, Zenkats on May 16, 2011 at 10:43 am

original watercolor aceo 2.5 x 3.5 c5/2011
In Vedic times ‘Sachi’ was the wife of Indra….. Lord of Heaven. She is said to have been very beautiful with 1000 eyes. Here she has taken a feline form and is surrounded by swirling heavenly planets. Sachi is marked with a bindi on her forehead at the site of the third eye…… one of the seven sacred chakras.
aceo, animals, bird, gretchen del rio, miniature, original, raven, spirit, totem animal, watercolor
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Wild Things on May 12, 2011 at 3:03 pm

original watercolor aceo 3.5 x 2.5 c5/2011
Who is the Raven King?
“Their bellies taut with hunger,
The ravens called upon their King.
A King must do what he must do
To keep his people fed.
And so, he took the form of man……..All dressed in black, his nose a noble beak”.
And he saved his people through his cunning ways.
aceo, animals, gretchen del rio, miniature, native american, original, spirit, spirit animal, totem animal, watercolor
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Painted Ponies on May 12, 2011 at 2:56 pm

original watercolor aceo 3.5 x 2.5 c5/2011
In Greek mythology Podagros is one of the four mares of King Diomedes. The name means ‘the fast.’ It is said that the horse of Alexander the Great was a descendant of the mares.
aceo, animals, bear, gretchen del rio, ice bear, inuit, miniature, native american, original, polar bear, snow, spirit, spirit animal, totem animal, watercolor, wildlife, winter
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Ice Bears on May 6, 2011 at 3:06 pm

original watercolor aceo 2.5 x 3.5 c5/2011
‘Cikug’ is the Inuit name meaning ice. An appropriate name for our hero….a highly decorated soldier in the polar army.
aceo, animals, calico cat, cat, domestic animal, gretchen del rio, kitty, miniature, original, pet, spirit, watercolor
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Zenkats on May 3, 2011 at 1:32 pm

original watercolor aceo 2.5 x 3.5 c5/2011
‘Jal’ is a gypsy name meaning wanderer. This is befitting both cats and gypsies. Jal’s eye’s look as though he could be a cat belonging to a gypsy teller of fortunes. Each eye in different worlds.