Capetown-Rio Inc.

Capetown-Rio Inc. represents the fine art of painter Katherine Green, who set it up in 1980. Over time it also took on consulting work for companies, and it now supplies original paintings and prints for public and corporate spaces. The aim of the work is to bring a sense of calm and healing into buildings.

What Capetown-Rio Inc. offers

• Commissioned paintings: large original pieces for conference rooms, entrances and lobbies.
• Canvas prints: reproductions for organisations that prefer prints to originals.
• Collaborative design: the client helps choose the colour palette, theme and, where wanted, a source photograph.
• Business consulting: the consulting practice that grew out of the art business.

Who it works with

Buyers include banks, corporations, hospitals, healing centres, hotels, software and telecoms companies, government agencies and private collectors. Past consulting clients named include Celestial Seasonings, US Bank and Swedish Hospital.

Key facts

• Founded: 1980
• Artist: Katherine Green
• Themes: real places with warm memories, and Psalms or Bible verses