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The Cat Who Chose My Home (2026) Original Acrylic Painting by Nataliya Bagatskaya
80 x 100 x 1.8cm (unframed)
£1,851.89
Original artwork description
In July 2022, Kyiv was still strangely quiet. Many people had left the city, and in my apartment building only a few homes remained inhabited.
One day, someone left a cat in the courtyard. He came to my apartment door and began to meow. I opened the door, and he simply walked in.
For the first few months, he was remarkably polite. He hardly ever came near the entrance door, as if he understood that he had been given a safe place and did not want to risk losing it.
Things have changed.
Today, he is unquestionably the owner of the house. I simply live here and do my best to follow his instructions.
This painting grew from watching those small, ordinary moments of our life together. The woman in the room is me; the black cat in the foreground is him — the little stranger who appeared at my door during one of the strangest periods of my life.
I love watching him wake up, stretch, proudly presenting his backside to the world, and then march toward the kitchen as if beginning another important day.
The open doorway is where our story began: he was outside, I opened the door, and he came in.
The painting is about much more than a cat. It is about how a home can become a home again because another living creature decides to enter it.
And perhaps about the strange way love works: sometimes you think you are rescuing someone, and only later realize that they came to rescue you.
Dutch acrylic paints Amsterdam tm and Italian canvas by Unico were used. The finish is satin varnish, and the edges are painted in the background color. This painting is created on a pre-stretched canvas on a wooden frame. It is carefully packed in a cardboard box with layers of bubble wrap. The artwork is signed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Materials used:
acrylic paint
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 80 x 100 x 1.8cm (unframed)
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Photorealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
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Original artwork description
In July 2022, Kyiv was still strangely quiet. Many people had left the city, and in my apartment building only a few homes remained inhabited.
One day, someone left a cat in the courtyard. He came to my apartment door and began to meow. I opened the door, and he simply walked in.
For the first few months, he was remarkably polite. He hardly ever came near the entrance door, as if he understood that he had been given a safe place and did not want to risk losing it.
Things have changed.
Today, he is unquestionably the owner of the house. I simply live here and do my best to follow his instructions.
This painting grew from watching those small, ordinary moments of our life together. The woman in the room is me; the black cat in the foreground is him — the little stranger who appeared at my door during one of the strangest periods of my life.
I love watching him wake up, stretch, proudly presenting his backside to the world, and then march toward the kitchen as if beginning another important day.
The open doorway is where our story began: he was outside, I opened the door, and he came in.
The painting is about much more than a cat. It is about how a home can become a home again because another living creature decides to enter it.
And perhaps about the strange way love works: sometimes you think you are rescuing someone, and only later realize that they came to rescue you.
Dutch acrylic paints Amsterdam tm and Italian canvas by Unico were used. The finish is satin varnish, and the edges are painted in the background color. This painting is created on a pre-stretched canvas on a wooden frame. It is carefully packed in a cardboard box with layers of bubble wrap. The artwork is signed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Materials used:
acrylic paint
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 80 x 100 x 1.8cm (unframed)
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Photorealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Ukraine
About
Creating paintings brings me immense joy as it's a unique form of expression. From the birth of an idea to the formation of an image on the canvas, the creative... Read more