Hello Lovelies! I’m Cala.
It is my joy to share the beauty I see around me.
The world can feel so hard these days, and what keeps me going is looking for the beauty wherever I can find it. As an artist, everything I take in eventually pours out onto a canvas.
I hope that my practice of seeking out the awe and gorgeousness and mystery of this life can bring a little bright spot to your own day.
My Process….
Painting and art making is a magical, mysterious process for me…
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I sit down to a blank canvas with an empty mind and see what emerges…
It’s like dreaming on canvas, following each impulse, unfolding as it happens,
and revealing messages to be felt or interpreted later.
My current work begins with collage and spray paint, and my subject reveals itself through the layers, much like a photograph developing in its bath.
The collage materials I use bring in elements of poetry, music, and organic patterns and shapes.
The images I weave in through the layers with paint are natural elements inspired by my daily nature walks, or more human emotional tales told through personality-full skulls or portraiture.
I add metallic paints for the multifaceted dynamic surface they give the work, changing with the light or perspective,
giving a depth and complexity reflective of nature and the human spirit.
My Inspiration…
My work contains my love for the natural world
…it’s beauty, intelligence, intricacies, cycles, movement
I also explore and express the range and depth of what it means to be human
Joy, love, grief, peacefulness, searching, excitement, rest, angst, introspection, celebration, confusion, loss, humor.
We are such complex creatures with moods and states and emotions that change like the weather, each of us with our own microclimates and tendencies,
