Born in Wilmington, Delaware (b. 1976)

Calida Rawles

Requiem for My Navigator, 2021

Acrylic on canvas
© Calida Rawles; courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London. Photo by Ian Reeves.

Portrait of Calida Rawles by Marten Elder. Image courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin.

“I could paint dark subject matter in water and it wouldn't look literal… It could be a difficult thing and a glorious thing at the same time.“

—Calida Rawles