- Padfoot the painting ocelot at the Phoenix Zoo
Padfoot is a 7-year-old ocelot born at the Phoenix Zoo. His painting career began in 2004 when keepers thought it would be fun to engage him in some behavioral enrichment – providing him with mental and physical stimulation to increase natural and healthy behavior. They brought out a blank canvass and began painting blotches for Padfoot’s inspiration. He was quickly intrigued and began using his head, neck and the larger part of his body to achieve his desired masterpiece – a rare notion considering most cats who paint use their paws. The most unique element Padfoot adds to complete each piece is to sign his famous autograph with a signature spray of urine.
His latest work “Safari Night” will be auctioned off via Internet for the Art by Animals auction Sat. March 28, 2009 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.. All proceeds will benefit the Conservation Endowment Fund. For more information or to bid on Padfoot’s painting, visit the by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums at www.aza.org.
View the ABC News video Ocelot’s Art here.
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~MadSilence
6 Comments
March 26, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Gosh I am glad human artists don’t spray their work with urine. Oh wait, some did, eeeeeeeek! LOL!
March 27, 2009 at 12:27 am
Some of the feline persuasion make critical comments on paintings by spraying urine across a deathless delightful passage. Several years ago I had travelled to a friend’s studio across the water to ’studio-sit’ and had taken along one of my not quite resolved paintings to work on. As I was unloading my painting stuff from the truck, while my painting was leaned against the front wheels, Oliver, a huge orange tabby, inspected the painting and when quite finished with looking smartly peed over the section that was giving me grief. Talk about criticism! G
March 27, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Oh my suburbanlife LOL!
March 27, 2009 at 9:07 pm
The urine spray caught my attention as well. Not sure I’d be willing to hang a Padfoot original on the living room wall.
Didn’t Andy Warhol do something with human urine?
March 28, 2009 at 4:37 am
Hey thats a jackson pollock …how do you know…see the yellow pee stain..hhahahaah didnt know this..will have to look up….see you inspired me to research this….thats why
madsilence is one of my favs….thanks Zman sends
March 29, 2009 at 2:34 am
Who said art is only for the gifted. I am being sacastic, of course.