the art of
Vernon Caldera
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Terrariums, paintings featured at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston Glassell BLOCK23 Exhibition
My terrariums and several paintings are featured at the Museum of Fine Art Glassell BLOCK23 Exhibition in the Levant Gallery.
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“Cicatrices”
40×30”Acrylic on canvas2023 I have been working on a landscape series exploring terrains that look alien. This painting was inspired by Table Mountain in South Africa where it’s unique location has created a world unlike any other. From having its own fog-created tablecloth to lichen that flowers, it’s like you are in another world.
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“1YRLTR” featuring BLOCK23 artists at Reeves Art and Design
1YRLTR at Reeves Art and Design was a big success. I curated and participated in the show featuring my fellow BLOCK23 artists from the Glassell School at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
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“Yosemite Sunbathers” Finalist in Artist Magazine’s Best of Acrylics 2023
Thrilled to be a finalist in Artists Magazine’s “The Best of Acrylic” Fall 2023 Special Issue! My work, “Yosemite Sunbathers” is featured in the “Portraits & Figures” section on page 73. It’s an honor to be included amongst a roster of talented artists from all over the world. The magazine is now available at most…
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“Venus as a Boy”
30x24x2”Oil and Acrylic on canvas2023 A few years back, I was able to see Gustav Klimt’s Death and Life at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna. I was attracted to the colors and style and wanted to give them a plant/alien twist. I also wanted to use a metallic gold paint I recently purchased. I like…
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“Malawi Gardeners” on view in MFAH Glassell Exhibition at Kinder Morgan Corporate Headquarters
In 2018, I designed a xeriscape garden at a maternal health center in Malawi. I took a photograph of my fellow gardeners and thought, I would like to learn to paint this someday. Five years later, Malawi Gardeners is currently on view as part of Glassell’s “Orange” Kinder Morgan Exhibition Series. The exhibition is on…