Pinkwater Gallery is pleased to present a show of work by artist Caroline Burdett. Having mastered use of the acrylics, chalk and wax pastels she uses to paint her magical surrealistic landscapes, Burdett has created a body of work that arrives at the gallery at a turbulent time marked by a national election, the outcome of which will indelibly determine the future state of women’s lives in this country.
HUSH (2024) by Caroline Burdett
Burdett’s work is not a commentary, as such, on our existence at the precipice of a new kind of future, but it exists in an environment that is informed by a collective lack of urgency around preserving the progress made on many things. The work that this intelligent young artist creates in her mountain-view studio is reflective of a sense of wonder at the grandeur of the natural world. The dreamlike state of these landscapes belies a foreboding that this beautiful place may be under threat, yet at the same time, this world has existed placidly under the moonlight for eons. The planet will be fine after we are gone, though the magic conjured by our existence on it will be lost.
WATER FLOWS DOWN (2022) by Caroline Burdett
Symbols, patterns, and lone figures are talismanic of Burdett’s work, which itself is created in the ebbs and flows of iteration like water rides in and out with the tides.
By Moonlight ultimately gives us much hope for the state of the world. And the female nudes that she has created for years as an echo of the landscapes of her dreams speak to our rightful place in it.
Caroline Burdett (she/her) is a visual artist living and working in Woodstock, New York. Primarily an abstract painter, Caroline explores texture and visual effects by integrating acrylic, chalk, and wax pastels into her work. Her process is highly iterative and includes a repeated process of adding and removing layers of paint and other materials on the canvas. Living in the mountains and being drawn to the outdoors, Caroline’s paintings lean toward abstract landscapes and are infused with her sense of wonder at the natural world. Caroline has completed residencies at the Byrdcliffe Artist Residency Program in Woodstock, New York and at the Vermont Studio Center, has had work featured in Architectural Digest and Maake Magazine, and has participated in numerous group exhibitions.
