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   mixed media on paper, 60x90

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   mixed media on paper, 60x90

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   mixed media on paper, 60x90

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   mixed media on paper, 60x90

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   mixed media on paper, 60x90

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   mixed media on paper, 60x90

mixed media on paper, 26x40



mixed media on paper, 26x40

mixed media on paper, 26x40

mixed media on paper, 26x40

Cait O'Connor
New York, NY

Poetic characters, delicate, tidy textures, and fascinating atmospheres are the trademark of Cait O’Connor’s paintings and illustrations. Her masterful use of color and media and her skills as a costume designer allow her to create marvelous large scale pieces such as her recent Girls- I- Know series.  Women depicted as mysterious and almost ghostly entities escaping earthly judgment are the subject of a dream-like world that hits the viewer with melancholy and a yearning for an unattainable harmony. Playing with a cold palette to render transparencies, veils and graceful draperies, Cait creates a fairy-tale stage for these aloof and detached girls, lost in their imaginary worlds.


“I am looking at women hiding in plain sight. This is a series of portraits where the subject is avoiding the viewer. These are very large paintings; they are aggressive advertisements, though the focus is unclear. The medium and the subject are in disagreement. Variations in flatness and depth, collaged form and over-stated pattern camouflage and hide these girls.”