Silent Watcher: Expressive Art of a Black Cat at Night

Title: Silent Watcher

Artist: Laura Bernardeschi Nelson

Medium: Oil pastels on paper
Dimensions: 45 × 35 cm (framed)
Signature: Signed by the artist
Finish: Varnished
Framing: Sold framed

Style: Expressionism, Contemporary
Subject: Animals, Night, Figurative

Description:
Silent Watcher is an expressive oil pastel artwork depicting a solitary black cat resting on a fence beneath a luminous, pink-toned night sky. The composition is driven by atmosphere and emotion rather than literal detail, with gestural marks and layered textures creating a sense of quiet tension and stillness.

Specks of light scattered across the sky suggest stars or drifting particles, enhancing the dreamlike quality of the scene. The cat, rendered with minimal yet confident strokes, becomes a symbolic presence—alert, observant, and self-contained. The expressive use of colour and texture situates the work within contemporary expressionism.

Finished with a protective varnish and signed by the artist, the artwork is presented framed and ready to hang.