pandemic daydreams, 2020

I began working on this series since the pandemic hit Brooklyn, NY. On March 13, I started working my day job from home, which freed up my commute time to paint. I had a lot more time to explore and process how I was feeling. The visions simply poured out of me onto canvas. 

 

Like drifting into another world, this series just emerged. I let myself have the freedom to create without thinking. No plan of action, just pure expression.

 The series continued to grow. I painted over some older paintings that never really worked. Trying to not make my apartment even more crowded with new canvas, I began upcycling my own work.

Enjoy, all feedback welcome!

Callie

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

Spring/Summer of 2020

We find ourselves in isolation, but reaching out to others, alone, but together in our fight to stay safe, healthy, free of Covid-19. Alone, safe, healthy vs out having fun, seeing friends, dining in public. We all miss the same things, require human encounters, crave human touch. Cats and dogs help tremendously in calming us, a sort of meditative petting ritual has begun in my home. Reaching out to friends via Zoom meetings allows for a reprieve from lonliness. I have been taking yoga, pilate and restorative classes. Am I a healthier person due to the pandemic? I am still working from 9-5pm from home, so my stress levels are higher. I sometimes feel like I have three managers looking over my work, sometimes on zoom with two at a time. Everyone is hyper aware, nothing slides by, all is observed.

 

When will the ignoramus tweets cease? A constant battle to distract us, Americans, from what horrific new thing is going into effect. Everyone is on edge, having mask fatigue, not laughing enough. We are living with a sense of being in the Upside Down world. And others feel invincible, superior to the virus, no need to wear masks, no need to stay apart. They are now getting sick and dying, and blaming other things for this demise.

I am an artist, female, and a bit scared of what will happen when the unemployment runs out. Will it be safe to go to banks to get cash in Brooklyn? I stay inside working, painting, cleaning. We order all our food staples on line, only starting ordering out after the first three months. Our vegetables come from the CSA we pick up once a week. My pandemic mate has asthma, and this virus could take her down badly. We are hyper vigilant.

I have had one solo show during the pandemic, at a location in Long Island City that I had been waiting a year for. Two months showing my pandemic daydream series, to almost no one. It was showing in a hip youth hostel, with bar and lounge area. In any typical year it would be hopping with events and art enthusiasts. I was thrilled to just have the series possibly be seen, to be out there, unmasked, real time.

Stay safe, wear your mask. Enjoy!
Callie

Isolation, during coronavirus times

Life on the Outside, April 2020
Surviving the pandemic.

 I live in Brooklyn, NY and am currently working on a series everyday about the pandemic.

I am feeling the fear of outside due to reading too many horror news stories.
Who has the virus, are they standing too close, maskless?
Life is not what it was, a new reality has taken over.
Those who do not believe that they are susceptible
can pass it onto others with their careless behavior.
-

How do you deal with the strangeness of isolation?

Find a passion and delve right in!

Projects will save you.
Even a puzzle 

will keep you
focused.

Be safe & stay healthy.

Callie

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We All Live Here, Together

Callie Art presents: Valentine Madness @ Brouwerij Lane, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

New work from the series, We All Live Here, Together, work on canvas and skate decks. The work appears to blend in seamlessly with the mood of the joint. A warm friendly place to enjoy a craft beer, warm up by the fire, and view art. Come out and chill, the show will be up until March 11, 2020.

 

Thank you for viewing!

Callie

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Brouwerij Lane - Callie Art show

Valentine Madness Show!
Reception: Feb. 13, 2020
6-9pm
All Welcome!
at
Brouwerij Lane
78 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn NY

A cozy craft brew bar. Shows runs from Feb. 13 - March 11, 2020

It will be a fantastic show, come on out!

Thank you for viewing.

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A Line and Its Dynamic Connections

Callie Art, is being presented in a group show @ Salud Y Amor.

Curated by Anisha Kall.
Show runs from Feb. 1 - March 14, 2020

1370 Old Northern Blvd, Roslyn, NY 11576

Gallery hours: Wed. - Friday 2-8pm, Sat. 11-9pm, Sunday 11 - 7pm
Black gesso and acrylic on book illustrations from the late 1800's 


Reticulum

Ara

Scutum

Naughty Star

Gemini

Made of Stardust

Made of stardust is a reference to humans being made up of 40% stardust atoms
according to nuclear physicists, or 93% of the mass in our body being stardust.

Darkness, like that found in space or the sea, entice us with the mysteries they conceal. Fantasies are imagined and ideas begin to percolate. Where normal is abandoned, the unrestricted imagination is waking. Our mind is lured into understanding that anything can be.

Callie creates conversations with the known and searches for the possibilities in the unknown. Flirting with the familiar she plays with what can only be imagined. Each dot, like stardust, represents energy pulsating to form an ever expanding narrative.

Thank you for viewing!
Callie
 

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Announcing Callie Art Open Studio!

 

Callie Art presents:

An Open Studio!

Come check out the latest series and experience 

being surrounded by Callie's artwork.

E-mail for address information at:

Callie@callieart.com

Not available on this day, but would love to come see the artwork?

Please contact me for a private viewing.