The Cat-Care Bot 2000
“The Cat-Care Bot 2000”
Acrylic on mixed-media paper, 4″×4″
By Dirk Strangely, 2025Style: Contemporary Impressionism
In The Cat-Care Bot 2000, a tender moment between machine and animal is captured with expressive brushwork and a muted, dreamlike palette. The small 4×4″ composition radiates warmth despite its industrial subject — a humanoid robot rendered in layers of teal, bronze, and ochre, cradling a wide-eyed black cat.
The piece blends the mechanical with the emotional, exploring the idea of empathy beyond biology. The painterly texture and visible strokes give the robot an almost human vulnerability, while the cat’s glossy eyes suggest trust and curiosity. Painted in acrylic on thick mixed-media paper, this intimate work feels both whimsical and wistful — a quiet study of companionship in an age of technology innovation.
Signed Strangely ’25, the work embodies Dirk Strangely’s signature fusion of the surreal, the sentimental, and the slightly melancholic.