Apprehension and wonder (2014) is a powerful portrait combining her signature street-based style with intricate realism. Created using the charcoal and water colour, this portrait is the beginning of an ambitious project to raise funds for the largest slum in Manila.
While painting street murals in Manila in 2013, Kaffeine learned that some of Manila’s most impoverished slum communities lived on Manila’s garbage dumps, scavenging wood to burn for charcoal, picking through the toxic garbage, selling recyclables or creating recycled products from waste. She was struck by the creativity, resilience, positivity and skill of these communities.
Kaffeine is one of Australia’s premiere female street and contemporary artists. She paints her distinctive characters on walls around the globe, immersing herself in local communities and sharing their stories on their walls.
