Catherine Paynter

Born 1949 in Johannesburg/RSA

Profile:

1982-85 lived in Port St. Johns Transkei, thereafter in Greyton, Cape Province.

1970-85 several visits in  Mozambique, Australia, Zimbabwe, Spain, Iran, Israel, Namibia, England und Italy

Exhibitions:

1975 SA Association of Arts, Johannesburg/RSA

1977 Walsh Marais Gallery, Durban/RSA

Collectors Gallery, Johannesburg

1980-87 The Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg

1987 Standard Bank Festival of the Arts, Grahamstown, (Group Exhib)

1989 The Arts Association, Windhoek/Namibia

1989-1993 annual Exhibition at Greyton/Cape

1995 Decorex,Midrand, Gauteng (Group Exhib)

Wedgwood Gallery, Johannesburg

Carmel Art, Cape Town

1997 The Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg

1998 Old Brewery Castle in Cape Town

1999 Kahn Gallery, Naples, Florida/USA

2000 Dorp Street Gallery Stellenbosch Cape (Group Exhib)

2000 Fordoun Gallery, Nottingham Road, London/GB (Group Exhib)

Collections:

Anglo American, Afrox, Cape of Good Hope Bank, Developrop, Group5 Pipe, Kelmac Group, Metal Box, Middleburg Steel, Sandton Municipailty, SASOL. Telecom, The Villa Testaurant, Cape Town, Tiger Oats, Trillion Video, Roedean School RSA.

Publications:

 Artlook Jan/Feb. 1977.

Habitat Nr. 25 1977

Nr. 64 1984

Flying Springbok May 1985

Gallery Summer 1981 und Winter 1986

Catherine Paynther is well known for her landscape, marine and still life paintings.

She works in  Acryl, Watercolour and Gouache on Cotton-Canvas achieving rich glowing tones in delicately super-imposed layers of colour using mica, lapis and gold, aerosol and liquid acrylic varnishes.