Chi, my wonderful tabby cat is a dreadful thief! He’s one of those cats who just has to share your food. We tried to stop him begging only to find that he’d taken a more creative approach. He’d wait until you sat on the sofa with a snack, sneak up behind you and wait. Just as you raised a nice piece of cheese or ham to your lips a paw would shoot out and take it from your fingers! Leaving you staring at your empty hand in amazement.

I painted this to capture that wonderful expression of bliss he gets when he has something he loves, like a bowl of cream. This painting is a 20×16 inch acrylic painting on board and it won me the Llewellyn Alexander Prize in the S.O.F.A. London exhibition. It’s sold but I have limited edition prints.