Home | About Us | Contact Us | Join Mailing List | Members Login      ARTISTS All Artists Painters Photographers Sculptors Work On Paper   STOCK ROOM Full Search   EXHIBITIONS Current And Future Past Exhibitions   SERVICES Information for Artists Artist Studios Venue Hire Exhibition Spaces   Artists Login   Kaitlin Beckett -    Tired $ 310 Mixed Media on Canvas 25x51 None Deer Tank $ 310 Mixed Media on Canvas 25x51 None Prince $ 390 Mixed Media on Canvas 28x35 None Fallen Kings (triptych) $ 280 Mixed Media on Canvas 30x15 None Found (triptych) $ 310 Mixed Media on Canvas 39x18 None Beetle Army (triptych) $ 230 Mixed Media on Canvas 10x23 None Deep Sea Fish (triptych) $ 410 Mixed Media on Canvas 45x30 None Blue Dragon $ 390 Acrylic On Canvas 31x31 None   Originally from Auckland, New Zealand, Kaitlin studied Art History and Literature at Canterbury University before moving to Melbourne in 2001 and training in graphic and web design. Kaitlin’s art is a multi-layered process and incorporates the use of many media. The initial colour is done using watercolours on canvas/paper. Messy, streaked lines in ink pen sketch in outlines and contours. A layer of chalk pastel and conte crayon is rubbed into the surface which adds an intensity of colour and a smooth matt finish. More layers of ink pen and white highlights define the composition, which is often finished with metallic paint, iridescent pigments and gold/silver leaf. Each piece is worked on for many hours, with meticulous attention to detail. “Since childhood I have had a love for the fantastic and the imaginary – I enjoy depicting the real and the unreal together, things turning into other things, the unusual engaged with the everyday. However macabre some of my creatures may seem, they still have a whimsical quality – it’s important to me that people can see the humour in my work.”   Artists Work Biography Exhibition History Resume View All Work Refine Search