Painting description

Total size including frame: 35×35 cm. The morning tastes of light coffee and a silence that hasn't yet woken up. A gentle light spreads across the face, and the cup warms the hands like a small golden amulet. Beside it—black fur, streaks of red, and a pair of green eyes that see more than is proper to admit at this hour. The cat is like a shadow, like a thought that wanders beside it but judges nothing. The blooming honey-colored hair resembles rays of sunlight just rubbing the eyes. The red coral and the finely polka-dotted dress resemble a cherry breakfast, light spilling across the canvas and the promise of a day that can be sweet or peaceful—and there's no need to choose. The painting was created using impasto technique, using oil paints, applied primarily with a palette knife. The texture is dense, oily, and highly convex, causing natural light to "rotate" across the paint surface, changing color intensity depending on the time and location of the painting. The subject's hair is composed of short, dynamic impasto in shades of honey, caramel, and orange, resembling sculpted strands, almost tangible. The polka-dot dress is made with contrasting, fine impasto, creating textural, decorative accents. The cat, in contrast to the light figure, is constructed from dark layers of purple, brown, and black, applied with broad strokes of the palette knife. This makes its silhouette heavier and more patchy, while the intense green of its eyes acts as a focal point in the composition. The background is painted in vibrant turquoises and blues, washed and broken by thick streaks of impasto. It has an abstract character—more felt than depicted—like a morning haze of color before it is washed away by the light. The ornate gold frame highlights the classic character of the miniature, contrasting with the modern, expressive impasto and giving the scene a slightly theatrical, elegant tone.