Andrea Calderise
Uncanny fireside at Indian Cove Campground, 2025
Oil paint on wood panel
Panel: 12 x 16"
Framed: 13 x 17"

Artist Statement

Andrea Bartine Caldarise is a contemporary landscape painter drawing inspiration from natural and built environments. Her studio practice investigates the psychological connection between landscape and people through visual storytelling. Caldarise uncovers the extraordinary hidden in plain sight through the exploration of landscapes, conversations, and research. Using the language of landscape, her art explores the tension between real and surreal encouraging viewers to question their surroundings.

There's a moment when you blink and your perspective shifts, the artwork is situated in that transitional moment. Encapsulated therein is an examination of movement, creating an experience for the viewer to feel that "each space seems like we've just arrived at the scene of...". Caldarise's paintings evolve over time, possessing a mutable yet distinct character - akin to the changing impressions one gets when revisiting a favorite book. The experience alters with each encounter, enriched by previous engagements. The paintings perform as an oculus, to utilize environments as entry points for open-ended narratives drawing on the collective consciousness. Layered with happiness, trauma, and inequity, landscapes function as mirrors of our present. By investigating various viewpoints--historical, personal, and imagined--we create empathy within our ever-changing world. These paintings are derived from experiences within the social and physical environments around us.

Caldarise's paintings are inspired by research trips to national parks, including Olympic, Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Big Sur, Petrified Forest, and Yosemite. Many of these works emerged from the artist's experiences, informed by research into geological history, ecological studies, and folklore among other research tangents. These artworks look closely at iconic vistas to delve into the emotions and histories of these distinctive environments.

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