Meet C L E O
Cleo – The Queen of Everything
8x8" Acrylic on MDF Panel
Cleo didn’t climb the ranks. She ascended.
With a gaze that withers nonsense at fifty paces and a presence that demands immediate reverence, Cleo is not your pet. She is your sovereign. Your provider of judgment. Your furry overlord. She may be small, she may be quiet, but don’t be mistaken - she is in charge.
From the moment she claimed her first cushion (formerly known as your favourite chair), Cleo knew her destiny. The world would bend to her will, and anyone who questioned it would receive the Royal Side-Eye of Displeasure™ - a look so powerful it has been known to stop snacks mid-air and silence conversations in their tracks.
Cleo’s list of non-negotiables includes:
Treats on demand
Doors opened for her, even if she doesn’t want to go through them
Regular updates to her throne rotation schedule (a.k.a. the furniture she now owns)
Minimum three hours of admiration daily - four on weekends
Should these royal expectations not be met, Cleo enforces consequences with surgical precision. A single tail flick? That’s your warning. A slow, deliberate knock of your keys off the bench? Retribution. She’ll perch just out of reach, blinking slowly, daring you to cross her again.
And yet… she’s beautiful. Graceful. Infuriatingly magnetic. You’ll cancel meetings to let her nap on your lap. You’ll rearrange pillows for her comfort. You’ll apologise for disturbing her on your own bed. Because Cleo is royalty, and you - dear subject - are lucky to serve.
This portrait captures her mid-reign: poised, regal and entirely unimpressed. Cleo reminds us all of the true natural order. And it’s not yours.
Dream it, Paint it!
