Vincent Van Gogh's Cat

In the fall, with the sunflowers in bloom across the Midwest, Deborah Brown carried armloads of various varieties of sunflowers into the classroom for students to see, touch and sketch. The students continued to explore sunflowers by their introduction to Van Gogh in art class. There they depicted imaginary cats against a background of starry nights.Back in class they discussed where Van Gogh actually had a cat; investigation was inconclusive. Students uses their literary and artistic licenses to develop a story about Van Gogh's cat, who began an adventure in his field of sunflowers, continuing his journey by leaping, exploring, stretching, and reclining while visiting other famous artists' paintings and ultimately walking into Van Gogh's Starry Night. Join the cat as he travels from one famous painting to another. Look closely, however! This clever feline uses the art of camouflage as he creatively assumes ownership within each artist's canvas.