Small Contemporary Painting By Karibou - Le Chat Aux Soucis - Cat With Marigolds -13¾" x 15¼"

Le Chat aux soucis [Cat with marigolds] is executed in oil on cardboard, its compact format set within a pale wood frame and wide white mount. The composition places a curled ginger cat on a cool blue-grey surface, counterbalanced by a slate-blue vase brimming with small orange blossoms that glow against a misted backdrop. Soft, scumbled passages and stippled touches build gentle impasto, especially in the flowers and the cat’s fur, while the background is brushed in hazy, atmospheric layers of blue, grey, and soft cream. The mood is intimate and contemplative, a quiet pause held in luminous half-light.

Cool tones cradle the scene like morning fog, while the cat’s warm ochres and the flowers’ ember-like oranges introduce a tender counterpoint, suggesting comfort, memory, and time lingering kindly over everyday companionship. The title guides the eye toward the eternal in the ordinary, and the painting answers with a gentle hush, inviting the viewer to rest in its calm and let small joys expand to fill the room.

Approx. overall 13¾" high x 15¼" wide x ¾" thick 
Approx. overall 35cm high x 39cm wide x 2cm thick