It is. The painting is called "Happy meeting" and is drawn by Vladimir Rumyantsev who likes to paint cats.

Final Fantasy VIII impressed me in my childhood and since then I've finished it 4–5 times. The story is a bit of a mess and doesn't make sense sometimes, the combat system is peculiar, but the game is very dear to my heart nevertheless. Thinking about giving it another go now, ha!

Well well well, ain't it a market manipulation?