Any Water on Mars?
Cats are afraid of water. Everyone knows it. And cats as well. The thing is that when a cat is wet everyone can see that it is not round and fluffy but very-very thin. Until the fur becomes dry. And Cats feel VERY shy about that. Cats were looking for a place where ... more
Set to the music of Rolling Stones ("I Can't Get No... Satisfaction")
«...many creatures like digging in the ground: males and worms make round holes, people hide their treasures, and after that search for those treasures for hundreds of years. Cats don’t understnd either of the activities, they just hide their "waste products" in the ground. But even in such an intimate moment some surprizes may be waiting for them.
What would people do if they found a mechanic statue of some prostrate dictator? Would they start tearing off some spare parts from this fossil-thingie? Would they try to turn it on and get to know how it works? Would they call 9-1-1, so that emergency people would be seeing to the matter? Everything is possible.
But cats are not looking for additional adventures. For them travelling is as natural as eating or drinking or... easing themselves. After that they easily hide away all the traces, making the world totally harmonious, ecological and clean.
And then they start enjoying the very fact of their exsistence with an easy mind...»
From the illustrated «Memoirs of an Unknown Cat», page 16.
Atlantes and caryatides, even in the land of cats, sometimes get tired of holding the roofs of buildings. Then they simply go to the nearest balcony and enjoy the fresh breeze. This cat poster gives an inkling that even when you have the most tough ...
«...the Earth is intelligent. But it is not because it has people and cats - the apex of creation. This is just how it is: it supports us, gives us water, feeds us, warms us up with very inviting rustling hills made of yellow leaves, as well as wit ...
It often happens that after a hot night or a party we feel said that all the fun is over. But in fact morning is just a beginning for new adventures. Cats often stare somewhere dreaming. But as the poster shows they never think whether the glass is ...
"...I see here one and the same dream very often: I am in a paper world and sit on a newspaper plane with my legs hanging in the air. From tome to time I look up and down. I can see jazzy sky above me, as if a multicoloured applique work... I can ...
Beauty is the best inspiration for an artist. Muse can be either real, or like the one for Pygmalion. It doesn’t matter what the beautiful image is made of – of granite, gypsum or cloth patches – the feeling of inspiration is the only thing that ...
"...as soon as I see my goal my body (all by itself, regardless of me) re- itself so that to reach this goal. For example, if I am to find myself in the water - membrane grow on my paws and my tail becomes flat and muscular, as those that moray eels ...
I am going to tell you about the exhibition which has three obvious merits. Firstly, it didn’t have the annoying bohemian crowd of people, which is all about chaos, so that no one actually notices the works. Secondly, the main character of the ...
As it becomes dark everything turns to be blue. Everything except for living beings which somehow shine. A he-cat and a she-cat would never think of watching TV. When they are together they simply lie by each other’s side and they know it for sure: ...
Every living being dreams of its own house. And every architectural creation is unique and bears the character of its Master. The popular Belarussian magazine "Building a House" decided to prove that in their July edition and asked the artist Sergey ...
"Silence and darkness rule over the deserted, as the legend goes, boho Bohemian castle. The corridors - besmirched at the times of ancient beanfeasts - are now scarily deserted. They greedily resound to the steps echoing somewhere in the distance, ...
S-cat-shes exhibit of graphic art created by Sergey Stelmashonok recently showed at the Belarusian Society for Friendship and Cultural Relation with Foreign Countries . All nineteen pieces from the series are devoted to one character – a cat in ...
When cats gather together – when there are more than three of them – they sit in the sunlight as if waiting for something to appear. Some people are sure they waiting for the Yellow Submarine from the Beatles’ song. In fact, cats are very much like ...
Site Cats & Dreams features a collection of posters, images, drawings and illustrations by the Belarusian artist Sergey Stelmashonok. Sergey has been illustrating articles in different newspapers and magazines for many years but his main passion is depicting cats. Each and every cat in his images is special. Take a look and enjoy.