Cayla Mattea Zeek is an artist from Lafayette, LA and graduated at University of Louisiana with a degree in painting. Her artwork is characterized by a mixed media layering process with watercolor, pen, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas. Her work encompasses themes of mythology, alchemy, Louisiana flora + fauna, and the body.

In 2015, she started a hand-illustrated stationery business called Mattea. Zeek became the youngest visual artist chosen to create an original artwork for Festival International in the summer of 2017. That same year she left teaching middle school art to pursue being a full-time artist. From there she has expanded her art forms into film-making, full-time entrepreneurship, graphic design, illustration, photography and mural painting. In her spare moments, she enjoys playing music, acting in plays, exploring Louisiana culture, learning French, and most of all expressing herself through painting.

Illustrations + Goods: www.matteastudio.art

Instagram: @caylamzeek or @matteastudio