After flunking out of art school (with flying colors) she taught herself how to paint and quickly began showing her work in Pop and lowbrow galleries across the globe
their collaborative clay and bronze sculptures have been recognized with awards in international exhibits and publications including being featured in the The Wall Street Journal
Acrylic on cradled panel
As the “Vanity Fair of the arts world
She enjoys painting surreal yet sweet imagery which is influenced by fairy tales
Prophecy Kate MacDowell After flunking out of artDetails About Graphite, watercolor, and colored pencils on Arches paper 12 x 16 in. 30 x 40 cm. 2020 16 x 20 in. 40 x 50 cm. Erica Calardo (Genoa, 1980) is a figurative painter living and working in Bologna, Italy. Erica works in oils, watercolors, and pencils and her haunting portraits are windows on the solitude of lost souls. She explores the realm of Beauty, Grotesque, Magic, by creating eery oneiric feminine figures who tell tales of long