Lot 26

Work is as new. Stretched canvas, unframed.


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Luna Park, Melbourne and Sydney, is a favourite subject of the artist to paint and draw. Luna Park Sydney is a classic example of the artist's bold and bright signature style.

A prolific and accomplished artist, Cathy Staughton's distinctive personal style speaks volumes through her clear, quick and direct way of working; her paintings and drawings acting as a barometer for her happiness, sadness, dreams and desires. Symbolic characters such as robots and saintly figures embellished with her vivid and idiosyncratic imagination appear time and again, often reflecting a distinct good-bad dichotomy. The artist also maintains a life-long fascination with Luna Park due to family connections and endless childhood memories. Staughton has worked at Arts Project Australia since 1989. She has had four solo exhibitions in Australia as well as a solo exhibition at MADMusée, Liège, Belgium in 2002. Staughton has also exhibited in numerous group exhibitions including ‘Melbourne Art Fair', Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne; ‘Renegades: Outsider Art', KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns; and ‘Exhibition #4', Museum of Everything, London. Her work is held in the MADMusée's collection.