Analysis of Botero's oil painting "Cat on the Roof", its expression techniques and color implications

"Cat on the Roof" is a work by the painter Botero. There is a big black cat standing on the yellow roof. The yellow roof symbolizes desertification, and the black cat symbolizes death. , showing the harm of environmental destruction to human beings. In order to express this theme, emphasize the dangers and warn people, the author mainly uses the technique of proportional reversal. The cat's body is intentionally drawn to be large to highlight the threat of death.

In this work, the author painted the cat black in order to express death. In life, because of the psychological association with colors, people often use colors to express certain emotions. For example, red expresses warm and joyful emotions or a lively atmosphere, while blue expresses sadness, melancholy emotions or a quiet atmosphere, and black has various meanings such as solemnity, dignity, and death. But why the author uses cats to symbolize death, in addition to the emotional expression of color, should also be related to the meaning of the image of cats.