Bland cat

An orange striped cat lies curled and winking inside a woven basket set on a snowy ledge above a bare, stylized tree; two dark red birds perch on the basket handle, a third stands on an old table lamp, and green apples with red blush are scattered around the lamp and basket, some falling toward the tree's forking branches below.

Painted in a flattened, decorative manner with bold outlines, the composition uses a saturated palette of orange, wine-red, and green against lavender-white snow and mauve sky, with thin bare twigs scratched in as calligraphic lines; the stylization and warm-cool contrast give the scene a playful, fairy-tale character.