Cheeky Cat

This lithograph is a good example of how Fritz often engaged deeply with a subject, slowly developing it using various painting techniques: In 1985, he painted an oil painting he titled “Cheeky Cat.” He liked the charisma of this self-assured animal so much that he decided to create a lithograph of it as well. First, he made a few charcoal sketches of the cat; he then colored a promising draft with watercolor, and finally used this template on the light table to create the color separations for the lithograph.

The charcoal drawing, oil painting and watercolor are shown below to illustrate the process