
We’re so happy to have hosted Camilla Crittenden (@camilla.crittenden) in our gallery space this past August.Â
Camilla Crittenden explores the intersection of texture, form, and contrast, blending ceramic test tiles with large-scale canvas compositions. Working with a primarily neutral palette, their pieces create a sense of calm and balance, while intentional pops of bright color disrupt and energize the work. The dialogue between raw, organic surfaces and fluid, expressive marks reflects the tension between structure and spontaneity.
In their practice, ceramic test tiles—often regarded as mere experiments or studies—are elevated into integral components, serving as tangible records of material exploration. On canvas, layers of paint, texture, and negative space invite viewers to engage with depth and movement, evoking both serenity and dynamism.
Through this process, the artist embraces imperfection, experimentation, and the unpredictable beauty that emerges when different materials and disciplines collide. Their work becomes an ongoing exploration of control and chance, tradition and abstraction, permanence and transformation.
With a bachelor’s degree in Education and a background in graphic and web design, Camilla Crittenden now lives and works in Bentonville, Arkansas.
About The Show
The Blue Hour is an exploration of identity through cyanotype and clay. It reflects inner emotions that often go unseen, the quiet and complicated feelings beneath the surface that resist easy definition. These works invite the viewer to slow down, to look beyond what is immediately visible, and to sense the weight of what remains unspoken. It is about the space between the outer image and the inner truth, a place where emotion lingers in the shadows and waits for the right light to be seen. In this hour of deep blue, boundaries blur and hidden truths begin to surface.
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"As an artist with autism I live between two versions of myself. There is the self that meets the world and the self that exists quietly beneath the surface. Masking has become instinct, shaping my expressions and gestures so they meet expectation. It is a constant performance that carries its own cost, a slow and quiet exhaustion that builds in the body until the need for stillness becomes undeniable. In that stillness I find a kind of honesty that cannot exist under the weight of performance, and in creating this work I am learning how to hold that honesty without fear."
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Opening Photos By:Â Millie Cooper