The Discerner Magazine The Discerner Art Publication October 2017 | Page 3

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 3 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