Sometimes You're the Catch

"Sometimes You're the Bait.  Sometimes You're the Catch" 18"X18"

I found this cat fabric and was dying to use it as a border for a fish painting.  The problem was that the white background didn't go with the rest of the painting.  So I painted in the black bars and the green/blue background, which took the same amount of time as rewatching the entire Season One of Downton Abbey.  What is now nagging me is this question: Why did they have to make Maggie Smith's character increasingly sympathetic?