Seven Years

$1,500.00

Seven Years is a 1.5x2 ft oil painting by Michelle Krasowski that captures a quiet, symbolic scene full of emotional weight and hidden tension. A white cat perches calmly in an open window, gazing outward with composed stillness, while a black cat walks below on the worn pavement, divided by a weathered ladder and a crumbling facade. Inspired by Polish superstitions surrounding black cats and luck, this piece explores themes of time, fate, and the unseen connections between events.

The title Seven Years references the folk belief that crossing paths with a black cat brings misfortune, a superstition that Krasowski grew up hearing. Yet the piece resists a simplistic reading. The architectural decay, the contrast between light and dark, and the narrow, uncertain ladder suggest something more layered: a journey through memory, loss, and duality. The viewer is left to wonder, who is truly lucky, and what are we being warned of?

With subtle texture and thoughtful realism, this painting transforms a fleeting moment into a meditation on the spaces between superstition and reality.

Seven Years is a 1.5x2 ft oil painting by Michelle Krasowski that captures a quiet, symbolic scene full of emotional weight and hidden tension. A white cat perches calmly in an open window, gazing outward with composed stillness, while a black cat walks below on the worn pavement, divided by a weathered ladder and a crumbling facade. Inspired by Polish superstitions surrounding black cats and luck, this piece explores themes of time, fate, and the unseen connections between events.

The title Seven Years references the folk belief that crossing paths with a black cat brings misfortune, a superstition that Krasowski grew up hearing. Yet the piece resists a simplistic reading. The architectural decay, the contrast between light and dark, and the narrow, uncertain ladder suggest something more layered: a journey through memory, loss, and duality. The viewer is left to wonder, who is truly lucky, and what are we being warned of?

With subtle texture and thoughtful realism, this painting transforms a fleeting moment into a meditation on the spaces between superstition and reality.