Ron
Marlett painted this small portrait of Jesse as a Christmas gift for
his friend Anthony's
mother. Anthony's parents Sydney and John purchased the Persian cat
when Jesse was a couple of weeks old. Jesse's face looks like he
is angry, but the folding skin on the cat's forehead is one of the
traits that characterizes Jesse's Peke-face breed. The Persian breed
standard is mostly focused on a round appearance. The long hair
contributes greatly to the Persian's round shape. The hair also gives
the illusion that the cat's body is much larger than it realy is.
In
the 1970s, Ron's sister Glennis was involved with breeding Persian cats
and he remembered how much time Glennis spent getting her Persians
ready for the different cat shows that were held in southern California.
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