#Sundaybluesedit Sunday Showcase @cheatlecat

Rebecca: As I have grown my Sunday tag, I’ve see artists grow and change. One I watch every week is @Cheatlecat. Cat is young compared to most of my sunday artists but her self awareness and expression speaks volumes about her. I love waiting to see what she will come up with next. Watch her evolve. Its going to be good!

Happy Sunday

Cat: I found Instagram just by looking through the photography section in the app store. I have always been interested in mobile photography, and was constantly looking for new things to try, and experiment with. Since discovering it, I’ve always loved being on Instagram. I would find people many different ways, and then end up seeing them already connected, already talking, already Instagram buddies. I saw how much of a loving community Instagram had, and have always wanted to be a part of such a community. I am Cat, Catherine or cheatlecat. I’ve been on Instagram since the start of my highschool life. I now, three years later seem to be thinking in Instagram, thinking in the square, thinking of new things I want to do, or try. I like looking back, down my Instagram feed, and seeing how much I have progressed, matured, and grown as an artist and person. My photos used to consist of still life, with high contrast. Where as today I would like to think of them as dreamy, moody, and mysterious. I’ve always seemed to get a large amount of my inspiration and thoughts from a variety of song lyrics, and the weather.

Self portraits have always seem to have pleased me the most. I love seeing how people think of themselves, or choose to represent and portray themselves strikes a chord with me. I seem to enjoy my own self portraits as much as I enjoy others. I enjoy the more natureiness pictures, too. But, I seemed to grow tired of those on their own, which led me to morphing and blending self portraits with nature shots. That’s mainly what I do these days, blending multiple pictures together, hoping they line up in a pleasing manner.

I often don’t enjoy having my picture taken by somebody who isn’t myself, or the occasional close friend or family member. I have refused to get my school picture taken for years. The idea, and situation of sitting still and putting on a smile is too insincere for me to want to take part in it. Knowing that that is what I don’t like, while photographing myself, or other people, I try and do the opposite. It’s a very awkward thing, to have your picture taken.

Please view Cat’s full gallery on Instagram @cheatlecat