Inside Erica Calardo graphite and pencils

graphite and pencils

in which analyzing the drawing helps make sense of peoples’ histories and abilities

It all began as an innocent journey of exploration and the excitement that came with applying a vision to a piece of paper

mounted to panel

He grew up in the Midwest in the 1970's amid the handicraft movement with a home full of macramé

Inside Erica Calardo graphite and pencilsDetails About Mixed media on paper Graphite, colored pencil, and watercolor on Arches paper 30 x 40 cm 12 x 16 in. 2020 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 forgotten