City of Cats

There was once a village where black cats were considered lucky. The villagers wished to have as much good luck as possible, so they welcomed and fed the creatures until, soon, every home was filled to the chimney pots with plump, purring felines... Or perhaps the story is something else entirely, just waiting for you to invent it.

Polish artist Piotr Fafrowicz says that he makes "illustrations for books that don’t exist." Simply look at his paintings, and your mind begins to spin equally colorful and surreal tales to go with them. Fafrowicz's paintings often feature oddly angled buildings, inspired by the centuries-old architecture of the Polish village of Kazimir Dolny, now an artists' colony where he shares a cottage with his wife.

This pencil signed collectible art print (limited edition of 50) is expertly printed in Georgia using archival pigment inks on archival paper. 36 Cats is available either framed or unframed. The frame is hand-assembled in Oregon and consists of Durian wood, a Malaysian fruit tree whose lumber is harvested after its fruit bearing life and recycled into a frame. While the lumber from old fruit trees is reused, new trees are replanted in the fruit orchards renewing the fruit bearing cycle. This art piece is mounted on an FSC-certified and conservation quality matboard. The framed art piece comes ready to hang (wire hanger), the unframed art piece comes mounted, matted and safely protected in a clear bag.

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