Goth Girl & Black Cat
“Goth Girl & Black Cat”
Acrylic on mixed-media paper, 4″×4″
By Dirk Strangely, 2025Style: Contemporary Impressionism
Goth Girl & Black Cat captures a haunting stillness — a portrait steeped in mood and mystery. Painted in acrylic on thick mixed-media paper, this 4×4″ work pairs the pale, distant gaze of a dark-eyed girl with the piercing golden stare of her feline companion.
Rendered in Dirk Strangely’s signature expressionist style, the piece balances shadow and emotion through rough, deliberate brushstrokes and muted tones of gray, blue, and umber. The girl’s stark features and black cross necklace evoke quiet rebellion and introspection, while the cat — half-hidden, yet watchful — adds a sense of enigmatic companionship.
Small in scale but rich in atmosphere, this painting is a glimpse into the gothic tenderness that defines Strangely’s surreal world — where the lonely, the strange, and the beautiful coexist in a single frame.