Calida Rawles: Away with the Tides book Whiskey cocktail

Whiskey cocktail

2” high x 8” diam

In addition to studio portraiture of surfers

the beating wings take on a majestic quality

which had seemingly peaked in the mid-’80s

Calida Rawles: Away with the Tides book Whiskey cocktailRawles transcendent, hyperrealistic paintings of Black bodies in water reckon with the legacy of racial injustice Merging hyperrealism, poetic abstraction and the cultural and historical symbolisms of water, Los Angelesbased artist Calida Rawles (born 1976) creates unique portraits of Black bodies submerged in and interacting with bright, mysterious bodies of water. The water, itself a sort of character within the paintings, functions as an element