Calliste Lelliott – portfolio
Contact the artist
digicalix@pm.me
Exhibition information
My art is dedicated to women: what they carry, emotional burdens, states of mind, the heaviness and lightness of being. The portraits in this show are built in layers, acrylic worked over with pencil, pen, and crayon, paper scraps pressed into the surface until something both true and fantastical starts to emerge.
Colour is where my heart sings: bright, bold, with combinations that sit somewhere between jarring and complementary. I often build up layers and fragments because that is how experience accumulates, never quite finished and often rough around the edges. I’m exhibiting medium-sized works (mostly A3), created to be looked at directly and studied closely.
I’m a big advocate for mental health issues and 50% of proceeds from the sale of artworks during Artweeks will be donated to the charity MIND.
Artist information
I returned to painting as my first passion after studying film production and working as a media producer, and I brought some of that world with me: how light constructs a face, how a single frame can carry emotional weight, and something about the drama of it all. This is my 5th time exhibiting at artweeks and a brand new show quite different from anything I’ve done before.
I work from a small desk squeezed into a corner of my home office, materials spread in every direction, no space left unfilled. I’m grateful to have this dedicated area but one day I dream of studio/whole room dedicated to art practice.
Calliste Lelliott
