Judith Leidi: The Artful Cat

There's that person at work, that cat person. The cat appears as the screensaver, on the bulletin board and in lunch-hour conversation of that person. You wonder, at first skeptically, then enviously, about the depth of that person's love for that cat at home. Judith Leidl's paintings may help you understand that love. You may also grasp how the feline form inspires different formal approaches, the representational and the abstract. Also a printmaker and teacher, Leidl's work uses intensely saturated colours, sensual figures and a sense of mystery (as pointed out in her biography on nsartsonline.com). After seeing this show, you won't look at that cat person the same again. –Sean Flinn