If it's true that the purring of cats lowers your cortisol while raising serotonin and oxytocin levels, then I'm now as relaxed as one can physically be. Two days in a cat shelter does that to you, especially while doing what I love most: painting murals.
After a seven month pause
(due to my move to Spain), it was great to pick up a brush again and
even more so doing it at one of my favourite spots in Antigua
Guatemala, Unidos para los Animales' rescue.
In 2018 I painted a
tropical garden at the cats´ home while new walls were erected on
both sides of the garden. Now those walls were ready, as smooth and
white as can be. An 18 meter long canvas waiting to be transformed.
The request was to paint
trees, birds, nature. Since the tropical garden with its kittens is
pretty wild, colour-wise, I opted for a more subdued design this
time. Soft pastels in the background with trees in shades of a
greenish blue. The result? You decide for your self.
Besides the constant
back-rubs and occasional affectionate nibbles by the cats, it was
also great to see my human friends at the rescue and to work again
with my assistant Henry Navarijo Calel. He has painted a few murals
himself in my absence and he is getting really good!
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| Henry and Macey |
So, one mural down! More
to come in the next few weeks!
