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Mark Twain with one of his beloved cats. by dan terry in Austin

Mark Twain with one of his beloved cats.

Mark Twain (Samuel Clements) loved cats. “When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction.” So this oil on canvas portrait of the humorist and America's most beloved authors shows Twain in his favorite chair with one of his many fur-babies, possibly either Blatherskite, Sour Mash, or Pestilence. For the portrait, one of my own feline friends, Simon Sez posed and is now forever memorialized and honored. This work was later recreated at larger than life size in a mural for what will soon be a writer's retreat under construction in Mathis, TX by renown mystery novelist, Laurie Moore.

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Dan
Austin, United States

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