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Caia Koopman Artist Series OAKLEY RAVISHING Sunglasses

Caia Koopman was born in Livermore, CA and today resides down in sunny Oceanside. Growing up on the west coast when skateboarding was beginning to define a culture, she found her niche in the art world. Always involved in the surf, skate and snow community, which all run deep within the Oakley family, Caia’s “characters” have donned snowboards, skateboards and surfboards at times.

Caia was chosen for the Oakley Women’s Artist Series for all these reasons as well as her graphic approach to painting. She uses strong lines, patterns and her shapes aredeeply defined. Not to mention she always mixes in nature to her compositions, making it a unique and beautiful masterpiece.

Majoring in fine art and earning her B.A. at UC Santa Cruz, California, this is the place that seduced Caia to the local skateboarding scene. In addition to receiving an academic education, Caia also learned to skate ramps, streets, pools, and Derby Park. Skateboarding led to skateboard graphics, and her first limited edition team T-shirt design for Santa Cruz Skateboards. After earning her art degree, she turned her attention to snowboarding and spent many winters following the snow. It was her love for the sport that inspired Caia to strive for a career creating snowboard graphicsand later branching out to become a commercial artist and finally a fine artist as well. Her artworkhas been featured in numerous national and international print media including Surfing Girl, Mademoiselle, Details, Girl’s Life, Snowboarder Magazine, Teen, Teen Style, Teen People, J-14, Fine , and others. Caia designed T-shirt graphics and promotional illustrations for many companies, such as: Quiksilver/Roxy, Hurley, Op, AT&T, and Casio.

Caia’s paintings have been used commercially for many years as graphics for snowboards, skateboards and wakeboards. She has shown her paintings in a number of galleries around the world and most recently at La Luz de Jesus in LA. Caia is inspired by nature, dreams, politics, and life.

• Includes a custom MICROCLEAR™ bag for lens cleaning and eyewear storage along with the exclusive women’s eyewear case
• Uniquely feminine frame geometry
• Durability and all-day comfort of lightweight, stress-resistant O MATTER® frame material
• Optimized peripheral vision and side protection of 8.75 base lens curvature
• Comfort and Performance of Three-Point Fit that holds lenses in precise optical alignment
• Optical precision and impact resistance meet or exceed Z87.1 optical and basic impact standards
• UV protection of PLUTONITE® lens material that filters out 100% of UVA/UVB/UVC & harmful blue light up to 400nm
• Varied field of light transmission (top to bottom) via gradient lens shading