Woman with Golden Cat – Whimsical Folk-Surreal Oil Portrait

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Original oil on canvas, 14" × 16". Signed by Plisov (consistent with the artist’s other recent works). A pale, serene woman with closed eyes and softly parted red lips gently presses her face against a luminous golden-orange cat with striking green eyes. Both figures share a quiet, intimate moment of affection. The woman wears an elaborate, towering headdress inspired by traditional folk and Art Nouveau forms, richly decorated with colorful geometric panels, radiating fans, moonlit pine forests, star motifs, beads, and metallic accents in deep reds, blues, golds, and blacks. A long black veil-like element adorned with pearl-like beads cascades down her shoulder, finished with a strand of pink beads. The cat’s chest is ornamented with a large blue spiral containing golden fish and watery motifs, blending the animal into the same decorative, dreamlike world. The background is a soft, textured neutral that allows the vibrant central figures to dominate. The overall style is highly detailed, narrative, and whimsical—mixing folk-art patterning, surreal symbolism, and tender emotion. This original contemporary oil offers a captivating blend of intimacy, color, and intricate storytelling, ideal for collectors of figurative, folk-inspired, or magical-realist art.

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