yuletide | 2022 Yuletide Promo Post

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Title: Cat Paintings by Danish artist Julie Nord

Media: Paintings.

Approx length: Your perfect five minute fandom :)

Where to find it: You can visit Julie Nord's online gallery (https://www.julienord.dk/p2022.html). What is it, in summary?: Julie Nord is a contemporary Danish artist who creates imaginative drawings and paintings - some black and white sketches, some in vivid colors. The universe is very symbolic, lots of references to folk stories, fairytales, mythology. A very open and enticing universe.

What do you love about it?: I love how her paintings makes your imagination run wild. Certain characters keep appearing across her works: Cats, a young girl, a crone. Who are they? What are their relationships? A lot of the paintings almost immediately makes you want to write a backstory, like this one, 'Family Ghosts' (2020) (https://www.julienord.dk/uploads/images/Gallery/2020/Familiespoegelser.jpg), where you really want to know who the little girl is - and who the two ghosts in the background are to her.

Here are some of my favourite paintings for inspiration:
'Diamond Cat' (2021) (https://www.julienord.dk/uploads/images/Gallery/2021/Diamond%20Cat.jpg), 'Cat Lady' (2021) (https://www.julienord.dk/uploads/images/Gallery/2021/Cat%20Lady%20%28lys%291-kopi.jpg), 'Family Ghosts' (2020) (https://www.julienord.dk/uploads/images/Gallery/2020/Familiespoegelser.jpg), 'Multi-Faced Girl with White Cat' (2017) (https://www.julienord.dk/uploads/images/Gallery/2017/Multi-faced-Girl-With-White-cat.jpg), 'The Vase' (2016) (https://www.julienord.dk/uploads/images/Gallery/1/VASEN.jpg), 'Housecat' (2013) (https://www.julienord.dk/uploads/images/Gallery/Vaerker2013/Housecat.jpg), 'Visitors' (2008) (https://www.julienord.dk/uploads/images/Gallery/Vaerker2008/Visitors03.jpg).

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: I am going to ask for a family tale about the girl, the cats, the crone, the family ghosts that appear across paintings. It will be a very open prompt - I really just want to know more about these characters, and as no fan fiction about Julie Nord's works exists, almost anything goes. A bit of magic/mystery/the supernatural/psychology would go well with the universe. Oh, and I'm queer and love anything queer-ish.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: You could simply pick one painting, or three, or ten... so yeah, five minute fandom!

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): Some paintings are a bit eery - an early one has a girl with matches looking at a house as it burns down (like a grotesque reference to The Little Match Girl), but you can just ignore paintings that feel triggering to you. I definitely won't ask for rape, non-con etc.

2022 Yuletide Promo Post

Cat Paintings by Danish artist Julie Nord - a totally open five minute fandom!