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Born in 1972, Cathy Layzell completed her BA Fine Art Degree at Rhodes University in 1994, majoring in Painting and English Literature. Cathy moved to London in 1995 where she retrained in book design. At the end of 2001 she moved to the remote North Norfolk coast where she began painting full-time.
In the summer of 2003 Cathy was an ‘invited resident artist’ at the Painting School of Montmirail in SW France (near Toulouse) where she studied under the guidance of Francis Pratt the European colourist tradition (Bonnard, Cezanne and Matisse). She returned to this part of France for the summers of 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008.
In 2006, Cathy left Norfolk and travelled to Australia. She took a studio in Melbourne and was introduced to printmaking by Jeffrey Makin of Port Jackson Press. On returning to the UK, she moved to London and worked from the Cable Street studios in Docklands.
In 2008, Cathy attended a workshop at Matisse's former home and studio ‘Villa La Reve’, Vence, France with the British abstract artist Gary Wragg.
Cathy returned to South Africa in 2008, and currently lives and works in Kalk Bay, Cape Town.Solo and Two Person Exhibitions: 2009 'Duende', Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town 2009 ‘Still life’, Regatta Fine Art, Norfolk. With Chloe Mandy 2008 ‘Nuit du Midi’, Louise Dear Gallery, Totnes, Devon 2007 ‘New work’, Warham House, Norfolk 2006 ‘Shades of Autumn’, Withers Gallery, Itteringham, Norfolk 2005 ‘Winter landscapes’, Big Blue Sky, Norfolk 2005 'Landscapes & seascapes' Capel Manor, Tunbridge Wells 2004 ‘Norfolk Landscape’, Big Blue Sky, Norfolk. 2003 ‘French landscapes’, Baroque Gallery, Norfolk 2002 ‘Bloomsbury Summer’, Miv Watts Design, Norfolk.
Galleries that have exhibited my work: Rowley Gallery, Kensington Church Street, London Kaleidoscope, Affordable Art Fair, London Grapevine Gallery, Norwich Spa Galleries, The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells Strand Gallery, Aldeburgh Suffolk A&C Gallery, Greenwich, London Bircham Gallery, Holt Regatta Fine Art, Burnham Market, Norfolk Doric Art Gallery, Holt, Norfolk The Cross shop, Holland Park, London
Art Consultants who have stocked my work: Ali Tollemache, Hampshire Gill Stewart, Kent
Press: 2009 http://www.arttimes,co.za 2009 http://www.artlife.co.za/
Related information: http://www.garywraggstudio.co.uk/garywragg/le_reve.html http://www.painting-school.com/teaching/more_information_about_the_course_director/ http://www.portjacksonpress.com.au/showartist.php?ex=co1062pjpa19026370741
Print: Greetings cards published by Camden Graphics, London
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