Toby
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Toby was one of the first moggies I had the pleasure to paint. Painting him was a lesson in colour and how much of it can be found in a black coat of fur!
As a kitten, Irene, Toby’s owner, sensibly gave him a collar with a bell, to keep tabs on him. Quick to understand the implications, Toby hid himself away for an entire day under a piano cover, still as a statue so as not to alert anyone to his whereabouts. When Irene found him, she relented, giving him free reign, without collar, until he was old enough to accept the responsibility which, as you can see here, he duly did.
