Peacock Party, 1994.
Scented Acrylic on enamel.
220 x 110cm.
Private collection, New York.

Artist
Bitz, a 4 year old smokey tortoiseshell, only paints in the bath. This means that all her works (with the exception of a major bath mural, "Feasible Feather Feast" 1992, which was recently moved to Dallas), are held in photographic form. Bitz will only paint in the afternoon after the sun has warmed the surface of the bath.

Curatorial Notes
Bitz's technique is typified by enormous speed and energy. She begins, often with a different color on each paw, by drawing long marks down the side of the bath and then quickly intersecting them with short oblique dabs. The final effect, while occasionally suffering from a smeared quality, is generally light and often contains a definite feeling of feather filigree brought about by her sensitive use of claws.

Sent In By: Ruth Hobbs, curator MONPA, New York.

Estimated Value: 12 x 10" gloss prints of Bitz's work sell for $75 -$200 (MONPA).