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Kitty — Preppy Wall Art by Caya Crum
She sits just as the old mantel figurines did — upright, tail wrapped neat around her feet, chin level, not about to explain herself to anyone. Gray coat, green eyes, rosy pink cheeks like she just heard something scandalous and loved it. Around her neck hangs a gold chain-link collar with a blue cloud-shaped tag that reads "Kitty" in script, which is either her name or her alias, and she's not saying. She holds the same pose as the pink Staffordshire luck dog — they're family, painted into the same porcelain world.
Then you look closer, and the porcelain gets interesting. Worked through her fur like a tattoo flash sheet: cherries, little flowers, sparkles, and — right on the haunch — a red CHEESE bar painted like a candy-bar label, because a cat's tattoos should be about what a cat actually wants. Up in the corner, a patch of chintz floral — pink roses, greenery, berries — blooms against the blue like your grandmother's guest-room curtains crashed the party. It's cottagecore with a record collection: the china cabinet and the flash sheet, finally in the same frame.
Where It'll Work in Your House
She'll run the maximalist shelf — the one with the brass candlesticks, the thrifted florals, and at least one object nobody can explain. She's built for grandmillennial rooms that take their chintz seriously but not themselves, and she'll sit happily among the blue and white chinoiserie animals like she was fired in the same kiln. In a powder room she's perfect company, and on a color-drenched wall of dopamine decor she'll hold the preppy end of the bargain while everything around her gets loud.
She holds the classic figurine pose — the same one the two dogs in The Staffordshire Set keep — the posture of an animal that knows it belongs on the mantel and has always known. Painted by Caya Crum in Texas, printed to order — see the rest of the Caya Crum collection for more animals with backstories.
A proper mantel needs a committee. Seat her next to the Blue Staffordshire Good Dog, add candlesticks, and let the shelf get a little out of hand — or plan the whole wall at once with the gallery wall builder. Kitty will keep order. Probably.
Fine Art Prints Made in Fort Worth, Texas
Since 1996, Crum Art has created original art, paintings, and fine art prints in Fort Worth, showing and selling work at hundreds of art shows across Texas.
Print Details
- Museum-grade giclee: archival pigment inks on 100% cotton rag paper
- Unframed and sized to fit standard frames
- Studio-made, artist-signed prints only available directly from Crum Art
Made in Texas.
Made with love. Signed by hand. Shipped with care. Hung with joy.
Preppy Staffordshire Cat
Fine Art Print by Caya Crum
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- Signed by hand
- Archival paper
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- Standard frame sizes
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Product FAQ
What does Staffordshire-style mean in cat art?
It refers to the glazed ceramic animal figurines made by Victorian-era potteries in Staffordshire, England — most famously spaniels sold in matched pairs to sit on the mantelpiece. This painting borrows that tradition: the upright sitting pose, the wrapped tail, the porcelain calm. Then Caya Crum paints in everything the Victorians left out.
What's the CHEESE bar painted on the cat?
It's painted on her haunch like a candy-bar label, part of the tattoo-flash motifs worked through her fur — cherries, little flowers, sparkles. Think of it as a flash sheet designed by a cat: every tattoo is something she actually wants, and cheese tops the list.
Does the Preppy Staffordshire Cat go with the Staffordshire dog prints?
Yes — she's painted as family with Caya Crum's Staffordshire dogs. Same figurine pose, same mix of florals and flash tattoos, same blue-leaning palette, so they hang together like a set of figurines lined up on one mantel.
Which Staffordshire-style prints came before the cat?
Caya Crum's Staffordshire family includes the Pink Staffordshire Luck Dog, the Blue Staffordshire Good Dog, the Good Luck Staffordshire Pair print set, and the Staffordshire Tattoo Dog. The cat is the newest member and, by her own account, the best dressed.
Will this look like an original painting or a print?
Crum Art takes the scanning and photographing of original paintings seriously — we work to capture the texture of the canvas or paper the original was created on, so that texture shows through in the print. Combined with the cotton rag paper’s own subtle surface and the hand-signing, many customers say they cannot tell if it’s an original or a print. That’s intentional. These are not flat digital reproductions — they are fine art prints that carry the soul of the original.
What sizes does this print come in?
Our fine art prints are available in standard rectangle and square sizes. Rectangles: 8x10 unframed matted to 11x14, 11x14 unframed, 16x20, 18x24, and 24x36. Squares: 8x8 unframed matted to 12x12, 12x12 unframed, 16x16, 20x20, and 24x24. Each size ships ready to frame, making it easy to find the right fit for your wall.
How do I make a gallery wall with art prints?
Start with an anchor piece and build outward — many Crum Art prints are part of series designed to group together as a statement gallery wall, or hang individually as standalone pieces. Since every image is sized to fit standard frames, mixing sizes is easy: lay the arrangement out on the floor first, keep about two to three inches between frames, and center the whole grouping at eye level.