Early Life
Pogus was born on the Caribbean island of St Kitts and came to the UK when he was five years old. He grew up in Birmingham. As a youth he had a variety of jobs, including shelf stacking, dish washing and work at the Birmingham Mint.
A self-taught artist, Caesar took up painting seriously in his early 20s. His early work was influenced by French impressionist artist Georges-Pierre Seurat, one of the foremost exponents of the pointillist technique. While Seurat built up his compositions from a multitude of tiny coloured spots, Caesar developed his own technique by using simple pens and ink, composing his paintings with thousands of tiny dots. This minutely detailed use of a fountain pen means that even the smaller works take several months to complete.
He also developed an interest in photography, after a trip to New York, using a simple Instamatic camera.
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