Mews and Nips: New York Artists Compete in Cat Painting Takedown

A competition at Brooklyn’s Active Space Gallery is challenging artists to create the purr-fect work of art. Artists will have two hours to complete their cat themed paintings. Contestants are already planning their contributions for the November 24 contest. “I definitely want to defend my title,” Susanne Lamb, 25, told the Daily News. Lamb took first place in a related Black Velvet Painting Takedown in August. She’s using her tortoiseshell cat, Olive, shown in the sketch above, as her mewse....