Black Cat (In the Field of Venus and Karma)

Campbell’s black cat paintings derive from her imagined wanderings of the feral cats that live in her neighborhood, in Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood. Here a lone cat explores a snowy field, its journey into unknown territory evoking the independence and, perhaps, occult sensibilities associated with black cats. The “field of Venus and Karma” is actually a vacant lot across from Campbell’s studio, named after the owners of the adjacent home.

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