Roofs and cats

There are quite a few cats around the neighborhood  in Sāo Paulo, and not many birds or mice. On an evening walk we saw this cat on a slate roof and I painted it the next day...the cat from memory. Those tall jungle trees in the background are only there because its part of a nun's convent otherwise it would become condo high-rises.

Cat on slate roof, 6 x 7.5" watercolour, January 2026

Up on the laundry level at home, which is covered in a slate roof, the family cat slept in a green plastic basket while it poured outside. Raining the whole day I made a few paintings up here its a great vantage point.

  

Cat in laundry basket, 6 x 7.5"  watercolour January, 026

 

Here is another scene from the upper laundry platform, an interlocking puzzle of roofs and slate tiles. Its a great scene at night I'll try to do it some time. 

 

Roof puzzle, 6 x 7.5" watercolour January, 2026