Slumber Party Painting Series

Slumber Party began as gouache paintings of wild cats snoozing in the sky. Tigers are a main focus of the series as the idea behind all these dreaming cats is summed up in the title of one of the paintings, "What if the Sky is Made by Dreaming Tigers?" The series grew from tigers to other wild cats and then into bison, a warthog, and bears. The series came to a close with a run of bison paintings going from sleep to waking to fully awake.

Snoozing Sun Leopard, copyright Sarah Soward. Gouache painting of a snow leopard flopped in sleep atop fluffy clouds. The snow leopard is painted in yellows, like the sun over the clouds.

Snoozing Sun Leopard
© Sarah Soward. 10 x 8 inches. Sold.

Snoozing Tiger, copyright Sarah Soward. Gouache Painting of a yellow and rose-colored tiger asleep, belly up.

Snoozing Tiger
© Sarah Soward. 7 x 5 inches. Sold.

Tiger Dreams, copyright Sarah Soward. Gouache painting of a tiger napping, in profile.

Tiger Dreams
© Sarah Soward. 7 x 5 inches. Sold.

Sleeping Tiger, copyright Sarah Soward. Gouache painting of a tiger deep in sleep atop gently moving clouds. This was the first of the Slumber Party paintings.

Sleeping Tiger
© Sarah Soward. 10 x 8 inches. Sold.

Dreaming Tiger, copyright Sarah Soward. Gouache painting of a tiger sleeping, belly up, completely at peace atop clouds. The painting is fuchsia and lilac in color.

Dreaming Tiger
Sarah Soward. 7 x 5 inches. Sold.

Dozing Tiger, copyright Sarah Soward. Gouache Painting of a tiger sleeping, belly up, on shades of blue on watery clouds.

Dozing Tiger
© Sarah Soward. 7 x 5 inches. Sold.

Bedtime Bobcat, copyright Sarah Soward. Gouache painting of a bobcat in orange asleep against fluffy clouds

Bedtime Bobcat
© Sarah Soward. 7 x 5 inches. Sold.

Napping Tiger, copyright Sarah Soward. Gouache painting of a tiger sleeping on purple-hued clouds.

Napping Tiger
© Sarah Soward. 10 x 8 inches. Sold.

What is the Sky is Made by Dreaming Tigers? copyright Sarah Soward. Gouache painting of a sleeping tiger with its stripes becoming clouds.

What if the Sky is Made by Dreaming Tigers?
© Sarah Soward. 10 x 8 inches. Sold.

Rhino Dreams, copyright Sarah Soward. Gouache painting of a white rhino painted in orange hues, asleep on soft blue clouds.

Rhino Dreams
© Sarah Soward. 7 x 5 inches. Available.

Napping Warthog, Copyright Sarah Soward. Gouache painting of a warthog with lovely purple and blue shadows napping on clouds.

Napping Warthog
© Sarah Soward. 7 x 5 inches. Available.

Bedtime Bear, copyright Sarah Soward. Gouache painting of a polar bear in warm yellow, peach, and fuchsia tones, asleep in a waft of clouds.

Bedtime Bear
© Sarah Soward. 7 x 5 inches. Sold.

Conked Out Kangaroo, copyright Sarah Soward. Gouache painting of a kangaroo napping against light indigo clouds.

Conked Out Kangaroo
© Sarah Soward. 7 x 5 inches. Sold.

Slumbering Snow Leopard, copyright Sarah Soward. Gouache painting of a snow leopard asleep on clouds.

Slumbering Snow Leopard
© Sarah Soward. 7 x 5 inches. Sold.

Bedtime Bison, copyright Sarah Soward. Gouache painting of a warm-toned bison in three-quarter view sleeping happily on clouds.

Bedtime Bison
© Sarah Soward. 10 x 8 inches. Sold.

A Bison Dreams in Color, copyright Sarah Soward. A young bison with aqua horns naps in profile on a base of clouds.

A Bison Dreams in Color
© Sarah Soward. 7 x 5 inches. Sold.

Bison Drifting in Dreamland, copyright Sarah Soward. Orchi-colored bison asleep against a background of black brushstrokes.

Bison Drifting in Dreamland
© Sarah Soward. 8 x 10 inches. Sold.

Waking in Aqua, copyright Sarah Soward. Gouache painting of an aqua-colored bison waking up enmeshed in blue clouds.

Waking in Aqua
© Sarah Soward. 10 x 8 inches. Sold.

Buffalo at the Ready, copyright Sarah Soward. Gouache painting of a full-front head of a bison, or American buffalo. Half is purple-blue. Half is pink-fuchsia.

Buffalo at the Ready
© Sarah Soward. 8 x 10 inches. Sold.