Gina Lento

Where’s the Cats?

More importantly, where’s Gina? For the past few months, I have been working on a series of paintings for a solo show here on Long Island. There are 14 paintings that will be curated by John Cino, Curator for the Patchogue Arts Council. The paintings he chooses will be hanging in the Patchogue Theater forContinue reading “Where’s the Cats?”

The finished kitty book

I have been busy working on a few projects that have deadlines, so I haven’t been on social media very much. I finally tweaked this sketchbook so I could do the video of the completed book. This sketchbook is handmade. I usually use the Strathmore 9×12 watercolor paper for these 6×9 books. They don’t takeContinue reading “The finished kitty book”

Kringle Kitty Sketchbook

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope that everyone is enjoying the first few days of the new year. I closed the studio down for a few days so that we could just enjoy the holiday and hang out with family. (Don’t worry, mom was still getting cards!). John and I went to Florida to seeContinue reading “Kringle Kitty Sketchbook”

New Year’s Eve

Here are two more sketches and some of my favorite kitties using the Sktchy App for reference photos. 2018 turned out to be the Year of the Cat for me with my mom going into assisted Living and using that as a side project, creating a postcard a day for her. Thanks to all ofContinue reading “New Year’s Eve”

Cat sketches

My husband and I are taking a holiday break, so I will be posting cat sketches for a few days. Here are 4 pages from my sketch book. This sketchbook is for raw ideas and raw sketches. These aren’t polished works, they are where that polished art gets hatched. I scribble and doodle until IContinue reading “Cat sketches”

The third day of Christmas

Second Day of Christmas

“Believe”

Boxing day or the first day of Christmas

Merry Christmas to All

We hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas full of joy, happiness and love! Merry Christmas from Santa Claws!

1 day before Christmas

A little bit of information about this book….I wanted to do a 12 days before Christmas countdown. As I worked on the book, I put numbers out of order so I have corrected that. I also want to add some embellishments which I will post over the next few days. This page is actually theContinue reading “1 day before Christmas”