# Celebrity Pet Portraiture Ruth Marcus Combines Your Cat and Favorite Famous Person By Erin Kirkpatrick | Published 2012-05-26 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cat-portraits-by-ruth-marcus References: [io9](http://io9.com/5912899/for-250-an-indescribable-portrait-of-spock-holding-a-cat-could-be-yours) & [etsy](http://www.etsy.com/listing/93108893/custom-pet-celebrity-portrait-acrylic) These cat portraits by Ruth Marcus successfully bring your furry friends closer to favorite celebrities, political leaders or role models. Marcus, who advertises on [Etsy](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/arcade-clock), creates [customized, acrylic pet-celebrity portraits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pawfoto) for serious cat-loving patrons. If you’ve dreamed about having your precious Mr. Wiggles in a painting with David Hasselhoff, Barack Obama or Clint Eastwood check out Marcus's [Etsy shop](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bark-jacobs). You can choose to have any celebrity featured in the paintings and can even select a specific photograph you would like recreated. If these outlandish portraits tickle your fancy, simply send the artist photographs of your beloved fur-ball and decide on which celebrity is awesome enough to be pictured with your cat. These portraits are available in a wide range of sizes, the largest size is a maximum of 16 by 20 inches. Ruth Marcus’s painted portraits sell for $250, so you better hope your cat appreciates it! ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.3/10 - Popularity: 16% | Activity: 46% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 10% men, 90% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Home](https://www.trendhunter.com/home) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Personalized Pet-celebrity Portraits:** The trend of creating customized pet-celebrity portraits to appeal to pet-loving patrons creates opportunities for artists to explore disruptive innovations in personalization and curation of pop culture. - **Celebrity-focused Artistry for Pets:** The trend of featuring celebrities in pet portraits paves the way for disruptors to create new business models capitalizing on pop-culture appeal, appealing to newer audiences, and forging new markets. - **The Booming Pet Industry:** The trend of pet portraits displays the booming pet industry, where disruptive innovators can explore new ways of interaction, convenience, and entertainment centered on pets, providing new opportunities for businesses to grow and thrive. ### Where This Applies - **Pet Portraiture Industry:** The personalized trend of pet-portrait brandings and curations could disrupt traditional pet-portrait industry verticals to create more engaging experiences in personalized pet-culture artistry. - **Celebrity Fan Culture Markets:** The personalized trend of pet-celebrity portrait brandings presents an opportunity for disruptive innovations in celebrity fan culture markets, tapping into newer audiences and broadening the market size. - **E-commerce and Personalization:** The trend of creating customized pet-celebrity portraits presents opportunities for e-commerce platforms to exhibit disruptive innovations in personalized gifting and curation centered around popular culture, thereby expanding the market and increasing revenue streams. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Spooky Charming Pet Portraits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/crown-paw.md) - [AI Pet Portraits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/drawmypet.md) - [Personalized Pet Photo Gifts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/personalized-pet-photo.md) - [AI Pet Portraits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/petpic-ai.md) - [Pop Star-Themed Animals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/taylor-swiftthemed-cats.md) - [DTC Cat Lifestyle Brands](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cat-person.md) - [Cat-Starred Watch Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/big-bang-watch.md) - [Artful Elevated Litter Boxes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/doggy-bathroom-1.md) - [Personalized Pet Stories](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/4am-stories.md)