Cassandra

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"He placed his arms around me
And I could plainly see
That all the love in his heart
Was there just for me"
(Adapted from a poem by Cynthia Jerdon)

Wood was sealed and primed, then layers of Daniel Smith Watercolour Ground were added with both palette knife and brush. This ground (besides adding wonderful texture to the artwork) behaves like paper and allows the use of traditional paper mediums like charcoal and watercolour. (Colours used: Indigo and black.)

Artwork comes with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Kati Garrett Filho.
It has been sprayed with a protective archival coat and then sealed with matt varnish. Ready to have an external frame and be added to your personal collection.

I sell my work unframed because I feel it’s a personal thing and find that most people would prefer to choose a frame that suits their decor. However if you’d like the work framed, please get in touch.

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I’m Kati Garrett Filho, a self-taught artist based on the Sunshine Coast, Australia. I work across two quiet but emotionally resonant practices:

~ hyper-realistic charcoal portraits of women dressed in midcentury elegance

~ detailed paintings of birds perched on midcentury ceramics, rendered on paper or board. 

My work is rooted in nostalgia. Whether drawing from a bygone era's poised aesthetic or everyday objects' quiet endurance, I explore the emotional weight that lingers in stillness, memory, and softness. I’m drawn to the slow pace of handcraft, to times when care was etched into the surface of things. 

Each of my portraits evolve through delicate, deliberate strokes — charcoal gently sculpted into realism, revealing not just a likeness, but mood, atmosphere, and story. Often I write short narrative vignettes to accompany each figure - like fragments from a novel - inviting the viewer into an imagined world.

The birds and pots are intricate works painted with great detail to capture reflections and mood.

For me, art is a way to hold space for beauty, stillness and the small things that outlast their time.  My work speaks to collectors who value craftsmanship, subtlety, and the layered storytelling that lives in materials and memory.

(For further details please visit my portfolio site www.katigarrettfilho.art )