About
Me
Hi, I'm Kase. I am a 25-year-old artist based in Leicester, in the middle of England. Besides my love of painting, curation, and installation, I love experimenting and finding new ways of interacting with art, whether through puzzles, games, or wearing it. I have two cats, Chubby and Tilly. Chubby loves watching me paint; I often post my lil' helper on my socials! :)
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Being an artist has its challenges, too. Sometimes, your pieces and experiments don't always work out. That's all part of the process. It's true when they say that for every 100 paintings you make, one will be a masterpiece. Trust and love the process, and the rest will fall into place. Follow me on Instagram or my blog page, where I will share my failures, successes, and all that there is about being an artist.
The Caffeinated Hippo
The Caffeinated Hippo was born at the end of 2023. After a few years in the 'everyday office' setting, I knew it wasn't the right fit. So, I used all of the knowledge I had gained to start this adventure.
Art can hugely benefit your mental health and well-being, and you don't need to go to art school to reap the benefits of it. Trust me, I went to art school for six years! I've learned that people can engage with art in one or two ways: It inspires them to want to create, or it leaves them reflecting on what the artist intended. Either way, art resonates. It is a universal language anyone can understand and decipher. It is also incredibly fun and will open up new innovative ways of thinking and processing that you can take with you in your daily life.
On this website, you can find my originals and prints, including those I've made when I'm feeling particularly down and struggling to connect with the world, my 'dopamine collection'. The style tends to be completely different, which proves that art, when done mindfully, is very therapeutic and healing. These pieces tend to be softer in tones and details. I hope that through this website and even my socials, I can help inspire you to create or to make you feel better when you have had a rough day, like my art does for me.
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In Honour of my Baa:
I want to honour my Baa (grandma) for being my main source of inspiration and fuel for The Caffeinated Hippo. She passed away in 2023 from Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer’s.
She was such a kind and beautiful soul that she was laughing and smiling till the end. At her final stage, she seemed to have forgotten our names but she always had this love for us that we could all sense.
I used to create a lot of art at her house, painting in the kitchen, doodling in front of the telly and she kept them all. She used to place them in her bedroom, waking up to our creations.
Creating art was also very beneficial for her. She used to go to a Day centre for the elderly in her community where she would socialise and also do activities such as colouring. In which, was very helpful for her and the degenerating disease that she had.
In honour of her, 10% of profits made will go to Alzheimer’s Research UK, so thank you very much if you purchased anything <3