Submission Painting

Gatuna series

Dominican artist Calei draws on nature, blending figurative and imagined forms into beings that live somewhere between species. Interested in the patterns, interactions, and beauty of the natural world, Calei uses oil painting to imagine those connections beyond straightforward representation, often setting them in dark, unfamiliar landscapes that reveal nature as both beautiful and strange.
Her work considers questions of connection and identity, how we understand the world when we look past what's familiar, inviting viewers to notice relationships between seemingly different forms.


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Gatuna series

Dominican artist Calei draws on nature, blending figurative and imagined forms into beings that live somewhere between species. Interested in the patterns, interactions, and beauty of the natural world, Calei uses oil painting to imagine those connections beyond straightforward representation, often setting them in dark, unfamiliar landscapes that reveal nature as both beautiful and strange.
Her work considers questions of connection and identity, how we understand the world when we look past what’s familiar, inviting viewers to notice relationships between seemingly different forms.