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The Discerner
Caia Matheson
Caia Matheson is an award-winning contemporary oil painter based in
Brighton, UK. She was born in Johannesburg and educated in Tokyo and
London. Matheson has exhibited widely in the UK, and has been shortlisted for
numerous awards, including winning Brighton Artist of the Year in 2004.
“My work is about words and verse from all sources such as radio plays audio
books stories song lyrics and poetry. I get such great pictures from words and
translate them into my work as a visual narrative. I begin painting with a specific
colour that I have in my mind’s eye. I then introduce other colours and begin to
build layers on the canvas. These layers are then scratched off and layered over
again like a palimpsest literally meaning ‘scraped clean and used again’. I love the
idea of previous markings that are not visible but are still an inherent part of the
composition. I like to create a world within worlds.”
“Angels and Demons” - Oil and dyes on hand stretched canvas - 100H x 100W x 3Dcm - £5000
Available to view at the Discerner’s Residence in Mayfair
“Our minds sometimes see what our hearts wish were true.” Dan Brown, Angels & Demons
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T: 07961405351
E: [email protected]
W: caiamatheson.com
For all enquiries, please contact Caia or Celine at [email protected] or 0207 491 9925
www.thediscer ne r . c om