Edenvale artist hits the big time

South African artist Carla Busuttil (26) sold 13 of her paintings to by multi-millionaire art collector and advertising guru Charles Saatchi. The paintings were part of her Royal Academy of Arts final year exhibition. Carla, from Edenvale, has spent the past three years doing post-graduate fine arts studies at the Royal Academy. Her themes included power and authority. Subjects included Jacob Zuma, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Margaret Thatcher and Adolf Hitler. Painting titles included Mr Showerhead (Zuma), and Match-boxes and Necklaces (Madikizela-Mandela). Saatchi is married to cooking star Nigella Lawson.