Roar or mew!

When I saw the original painting, I fell in love with it and my hands (or brushes) itched to try it. Armed with a photo from a friend's iphone (ofcourse with the original artist permission) my friend (yes...Roopa!) and I decided to paint the subject together. While mine started looking more like a kitten, hers looked older and mean. I tried hard to make it look older - narrowed the eyes, shortened the forehead, gave more 'beard' and what not but I guess thats how my heart is - young ;)

So roar or mew, this is one of my favorite oil.