About this Artwork
Cathy Staughton’s passions, imaginings, sadness and dreams are brought to life using a vivid technicolour palette, a keen eye for detail and honest approach to her subject that is refreshingly unselfconscious.
Staughton’s paintings depict autobiographical themes and she frequently portrays herself through various characters or guises. She has honed her visual language to a level that enables her to convey the rich drama, comedy and fantasy in her life. Often Staughton repeats symbolic characters such as robots and saintly figures, along with a life-long fascination with Luna Park, which she uses as a device to depict her emotional state and storytelling ability.
Overtones of humour, pathos and nostalgia endow Staughton’s work with gravitas, resonance and joy that draws the viewer into her vividly imagined alternative reality.
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