Cat Nelson as Horatio Nelson
16 Jun 2021
Oil painting of Nelson the cat, as Sir Horatio Nelson.
@major_clanger has a cat called Nelson. Cat Nelson has a wonderfully vacant facial expression.
I painted cat Nelson as his famous namesake, Sir Horatio Nelson, and I’m particularly pleased with how well I captured his signature vacant look! You can compare it with the original photograph of cat Nelson (below).
The head and right hand/paw are those of cat Nelson, whereas the body and uniform are those of Sir Horatio Nelson as depicted in “Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805, 1st Viscount Nelson”. The original painting has been attributed to Matthew Shepperson; after John Hoppner.
A photograph of cat Nelson, with a completely vacant gaze and unfocussed amber eyes.
I am really pleased with how cat Nelson’s eyes turned out - I managed to capture their vacant gaze and amber colour really well!
