LIBBY CALDWELL
Artist
About Libby Caldwell
Libby's work brings together the tradition of formal portraiture with the informal, spontaneous quality of a visual journal. She is drawn to ordinary moments - the gestures, expressions and interactions that can easily go unnoticed, yet reveal something essential about who we are. For her, painting is a way of noticing these fleeting moments, holding onto them and making them timeless.
Born and educated in England, Libby later studied at an art atelier in Spain. Along the way, she earned a bachelor’s degree and developed a background in portraiture. She is interested not only in the individual, but in the suggestion of a story - the sense that something has just happened, or is about to.
Fascinated by the idea of using the arts as a vehicle for teaching and learning, Libby created an arts immersion program for the public schools. This program used the arts to immerse students in another time and place as part of the humanities curriculum. The program was funded by state, city and foundation grants, and ran for 12 years in the Sedona Oak Creek School District.
The idea of immersion and engaging all the senses through the arts evolved into journaling workshops, where the experience of everyday life can be enriched, recorded and remembered in a personal meaningful way. Libby has taught different versions of therapeutic/artistic journaling in corporate, resort, non-profit and university settings. She also offers one on one therapeutic journaling classes.
Libby's work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in England, Spain and the United States; she has been featured in Fine Art Connoisseur and was a finalist in The Artist’s Magazine competition. She was also a second-round finalist with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in London. She was awarded First Place in the Figurative Salon at the Sedona Plein Air Festival, and 'Private Call' received an Honorable Mention in the 78th National Midyear Exhibition at the Butler Institute of American Art.
Libby is currently represented by Goldenstein Gallery in Sedona, Arizona, and a significant body of her work is on display at Rene restaurant in Tlaquepaque, Sedona