Happy New Year! 2025 has arrived and with it, is another cute animal drawing by yours truly, and also – an art show!
First and foremost, please welcome, our latest arrival, gazing out the window (doubtless at birds he’d like to eat!) with great focus and aplomb, TOEny:
TOEny is the furbaby of Paula, a mutual friend on Instagram, and apparently, he’s a polydactyl cat, hence the spelling of his name — but he’s more than just his toes, and as you see from my portrait, drawn from a beautiful photo his mama took of him, he has FANTASTIC green eyes. To highlight them, I added metallic glitter pen that sparkles when you look at the piece from different angles! And, because white whiskers on dark fur can be a challenge, this drawing is actually a PAINTING, because I painted the whiskers in white acrylic paint, giving them a 3D effect!
I drew many cute animals in 2024, some of which I’ve posted to this site, however this is probably the culmination of all the 2024 cute animal drawings I’ve done. And almost as if to celebrate, I’m happy to announce that I’ve been invited to show three of my drawings in a group art show in Westchester!
Details:
PodArt Gallery - January Show! @ ThePod by CocoaCompassion 11 Cedar Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY
Artists:
ADESINA & Isabel GrossmanOpening: Saturday, January 4, 2025 6-7pm Free and Open to the Public!
All art will be for sale and available to purchase the day of the opening, and for as long as they last for the month of January. 20% of the proceeds will go to benefit mental health & wellness programming, which is very appropriate because these drawings (as well as the other art in the show) were all done in the name of mental health. 2024 was a challenge, and truly, drawing these sweet little animals was such a welcome break from more “serious” work, and really helped me jumpstart my mental health practice of making art not just to impact the world, but also…just because it makes me happy! (And ironically, by selling these pieces to benefit mental health initiatives, they are still impacting the world — so win-win!)
Drawings I will be showing:
“TOEny: Cat in the Casement”
“Hallucenogenic Hare”
“Road Trip? Alpaca Lunch!”
Please come down to the POD on Saturday if you are in Westchester or the metro NYC area; I would love to see you!
In the meantime, Happy 2025 and stay tuned for more art, more fun, and more community!
xoxo,
ADESiNA