WOW!

This is why I like Reddit.

I OWN this piece of taxidermy. As in, this baby is mine... from the beginning, back when it was several living animals. A few years ago (maybe 8?) I read an article on Sarina in the New York Times Magazine, and contacted her. I have two cats named Harold and Maude, so I thought it would be cool to have a 2 headed cat fantasy piece. She asked what else I wanted and I thought... oh, it has to have big wings, horns, a snake-tail, and bird talons. It is absolutely not based on anything in particular, like some of the other fantasy pieces.

Here's the best part. AFAIK, Sarina doesn't really kill animals. As in, she gets scraps and roadkill. She doesn't hunt. It took... 12 months... for her to find two dead white cats that matched well enough for them to be combined. When the big box showed up, I was thrilled. The piece has been used in music videos (I'm in LA), and in my last house it was on its own built in section of a wall on a constantly spinning cake platter. So for like 5 years it just slowly turned... all the time. People love it.

Here's a closeup

For any art nerds viewing, behind the cat on the left wall is Brandon Bird's amazing painting Sir Ian