Charlie Vettori. Artist and Decorator

1962 – Born on a farm in Norfolk UK

1970 - 80 Educated at Culford School Bury St Edmunds

1980-82. Degree in Theatre Arts and Set design at Mountview Theatre School London.

1982-84 Set designer and Scenic Artist the Thorndyke Theatre Leatherhead including West End production

1984-2000 Founder and Director of Arts Angel Interiors in the Angle Islington London .

1984-2005 Contracts and commissions world wide US, Caribbean , Middle and Far East , including many a Royal palaces and prestigious homes.

1988 Invited to South Africa to the first ever Decorex as an international speaker on Decorative art and to be on the steering committee.

2001 moved to South Africa after many visits at the request of Decorex and Garden and after meeting and falling in love with her Italian-born husband.

2001 Formed and ran a very successful art business, “The Faux Factory” in Johannesburg for 20 years a team of local artists which she mentored, specialising in decorative finishes, gold and silver application and art techniques, murals and art work canvases.

Decorative works also include Islamic art and prayers, a speciality after many years working in the middle East.

2010 Featured on top billing for artwork

2012 her “painted door” art piece was auctioned for the highest bid at a celebrity function to raise money for ‘Save the children’s charity’ at Monte Casino in Johannesburg.

2013 Featured on Top Billing for Art work

2014 Hilton Arts Festival exhibition sold out

2012 her “painted door” art piece was auctioned for the highest bid at a celebrity function to raise money for ‘Save the children’s charity’ at Monte Casino in Johannesburg.

Art exhibition at Hilton sold out

2022 Relocated to the Western Cape where she now focuses on multi-media canvases

2023 Exhibition Unstill lifes , deconstructed wine Elgin Railway Market

Broadlands Manor gallery Spring exhibition

2024 Exhibition Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens Cape Town

2024 March Start of Non Profit Project: Paint Sir Lowry's Pass Village

Featured on Top Billing on more than one occasion for her art work canvases

Selected Works and Commissions Africa 2000-2023 include:

Monte Casino Interior Art work and Palazzo Hotel
Livingston Hotel in Zambia: 15 portrait and wildlife paintings including the reception desk.
New Pearls Tower in Umhlanga boasts 52 of her split canvases in the entrance as well as & 38 sq. meters of Sea abstracts paintings n the public and restaurant areas.
Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy: 30 m mural of dancing girls along the outside of her school in Mayerton
Selected Works and Commissions : Art work projects murals and gold leaf work.Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Dorchester and Claridge’s Hotel London, The Albert Hall London.

Client List :

London : Mick Jagger ,Elton John , George Harrison , Oprah Winfrey

Jordan: King Hussein and Abdullah of Jordan ,Queen Noor of Jordan ,Royal Palaces

Brunei Borneo : Sultan of Brunei . The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Royal Palaces