1988 Laurel Burch Rainbow Cat Cousins Striped Tabby Gold Trim Coffee Mug 14 oz

This is a clean, pre owned 14 ounce coffee mug that appears unused.  The gold trim is almost entirely intact with just a few very tiny wear marks from storage.  The signed mug features one of San Francisco artist Laural Burch's "Fantastic Felines" collection called "Rainbow Cat Cousins" from 1988.   

Laurel was a self-taught painter who saw herself as a folk artist, telling stories. “In our fast-paced, changing world,” she said, “we need symbols that are a reminder of the ongoing world of the spirit.” On some level, her work was always about bringing different cultures together, and about our connection with the earth and all living things.  Although Laurel was stricken with early onset Osteoporosis, she was always incredibly prolific.  Even during her long periods of convalescence, when she was forced to paint from a bed or wheelchair, she seldom put her brushes down.  Laurel said, “I refuse to have anything in my life that I can’t turn around into something magical and beautiful.  I just refuse.”  Her art will forever convey a sense of joy and passion and lightness with an inner strength in her figures, boldly drawn with something irrepressible in the explosion of her colors into something...magical and beautiful.