Caley O'Dwyer

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I had such a good time last night at the extraordinary Los Angeles Women’s Theater Festival’s annual celebration and awards gala! This marks 30 years running for LAWTF!! 💪🏿💪🏽 💪🏼⭐️🎭 @lawomenstheatrefestival. This was just the start of four nights of this festival at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Hollywood. So many fun and bring-you-(ok, well, me)-to-tears things happened, including Morgana Shaw’s (@momogana) spot-on performance as Bette Davis in Camilla Carr’s one-woman-show ALL ABOUT BETTE (@allaboutbette)!! It is so funny and moving and Morgana is simply infectious in this role. It was so good to be in the warmth and glow of the theater and theater community where, in my experience going back to basically living in a theater (@theatrethree) starting in 1970, I’ve always found the kindest, most good-hearted, least judgmental, and most spiritually rich people around. Angela Lansbury, who I saw twice on Broadway doing Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd in the 70s, and the amazing Denise Dowse won Infinity Awards 🏆🥇. Go check it out! 3 more nights to go! (at Barnsdall Gallery Theater) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqLh3Z6pVb7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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My work for NASA 🚀is done on the kitchen counter bc the studio is full. #nasa #art #artstudio #paintingsforMARS🟠 (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGi57dvdPT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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A little studio pic from a while back. Probably 2021. Have a great week, everyone! (at Brewery Artist Lofts) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp_5sS3Ow-y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Coupla @beastieboys acrylic on paper. I’m painting more and more of what I’m listening to, so fun. #BeastieBoys #rundmc #minorthreat #badbrains #theclash #grandmasterflashandthefuriousfive #nyc #contemporaryart #painting #prints #caleyodwyer #caleyodwyer_art #artstudio #oilpainting #face #instapic #instapost #artcollection #artofinstagram #artist  #contemporaryartwork #losangeles #artcollector (at Brewery Artist Lofts) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpx5uUtvwlx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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CAT!! this is my beloved, Sophia, Aka, The Rascal. She is very serious about getting artwork done and something of a tough boss, but she also sits on my chest almost every night, staring in my face, which helps with basically everything. #cat #artstudio #life (at Brewery Artist Lofts) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpd9a3qP2ud/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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This is an excerpt from a painting of my beloved mother-in-law, Dr. Patricia Moyer, sitting out front of her home in East Portholland, Cornwall, England. You can see previous moments in the painting process in the post. I did just previous to this one. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 6‘4“ by 6‘4“. Paint is still wet, so it’s shinier than will be when dry, but it’s not done yet anyway 😳 🐳 caleyodwyerart.com #face #matriarch #amazingwoman #oiloncanvas #contemporaryart #gallery #drawing #painting #prints #caleyodwyer #caleyodwyer_art #color #artstudio #oilpainting #instapic #instapost #artcollection #artist #contemporaryartwork #losangeles #artcollector #artcollectors #interiors #interiordesign #breweryartwalk #inprogress (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpTBPw0vW_N/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Stages of progress from a painting I’m working on. This is a painting of my beloved mother-in-law, Dr. Patricia, Moyer, sitting out front of her home in East Portholland, Cornwall, England. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 6‘4“ by 6‘4“. Her face on the far right in the first image is where we are currently. The current iteration of her face is also shown in the last photo in the set. The third photo shows the full scope of the painting. 🐳 caleyodwyerart.com #face #matriarch #amazingwoman #oiloncanvas #contemporaryart #gallery #drawing #painting #prints #caleyodwyer #caleyodwyer_art #color #artstudio #oilpainting #instapic #instapost #artcollection #artist #contemporaryartwork #losangeles #artcollector #artcollectors #interiors #interiordesign #breweryartwalk #inprogress (at East Portholland Cove) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpS-0SlPCuq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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from FRIEZE LA! Had a great time. Will post art highlights from Frieze this year soon. @friezeofficial #friezeartfair #contemporaryart #caleyodwyer_art (at Santa Monica, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpQ0emzv_17/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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from COLORFUL TOMBSTONES FOR DEAD IDEAS (2022) Oil paint on canvas 12 x 12 inches See: https://www.caleyodwyerart.com/colorful_tombstones There are five basic images in this series of ten paintings, but for some reason, I painted each one twice, so, with some variation there are ten pieces total. I like sculpture gardens and sculptures in fields, and I had the idea that it would be fun to make sculptures out of old ideas and beliefs, the age-old constructs that, to my thinking, plague cultures and individual lives. People make sculptures that represent ideas, but here I was more interested in imagining that we could literally transform ideas whose shelf lives have gone stale (or are otherwise harmful) into actual objects to enjoy. In this way, the old constructs would be captured and put to rest, but also replenished. As I painted these pieces, while I came to think of the objects they feature — the “sculptures” — as playful renovations, I also thought something darker: the sense that these objects mark the end point for notions by which people (myself included) have lived some (or much?) of their lives. Ideas organize but also curate our experience and what they leave out can be as dangerous or as helpful as what they leave in. Saying goodbye to old ideas--ways of seeing people and the world, etc.-- signals development and cause for celebration but also loss and grief. These paintings represent something underlying and constant in my experience: some felt relationship between sadness and delight. #contemporaryart #gallery #ideas #discourses #death #tombstones #grief #delight #joy #drawing #painting #prints #color #oilpainting #instapic #instapost #artcollection #artist #contemporaryartwork #losangeles #artcollector #artcollectors #interiors #interiordesign #caleyodwyer #caleyodwyerart #caleyodwyer_art (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpQzgnGvu3o/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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🐳Did you do something good today? A little drawing I forgot about. #randomactsofkindness #drawing #lime #sunhat #bigfoot (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoqKlSXvXtn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Wife with toy dog (maybe it’s real, but I need more evidence) over a large painting with unfinished leaves. The dog is cuddly. I’m diggin the architectural lines📈📉 #artstudio #maltipoo #inprogressart #architecture #lines #colantuono (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoYtcoSrFzJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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These are maybe 15 x 15” excerpts from a piece in progress that is around 80 x 80”. @tinydesk @nprmusic @npr See: caleyodwyerart.com #contemporaryart #tinydeskconcert #gallery #drawing #painting #prints #caleyodwyer #caleyodwyer_art #color #artstudio #oilpainting #instapic #instapost #artcollection #artist #contemporaryartwork #losangeles #artcollector #artcollectors #interiors #interiordesign #breweryartwalk #inprogress (at Brewery Artist Lofts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoU_aNAJmNE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Jamie Daniels @jamiedanielz from @jackofheartsband doing @pinkfloyd #comfortablynumb # in my living room recently. Thanks Jamie! (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoP3_Tsptgi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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What do you like better: image 1 or image 2? Happy skiing everyone! (Disclosure: I have never skied and am currently in bed) #collage #collageart #photography #skiing #snow #mountains #sky (at Snow) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoP3JUHphff/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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What do you like better: image 1 or image 2? Happy skiing everyone! (Disclosure: I have never skied and am currently in bed) #collage #collageart #photography #skiing #snow #mountains #sky (at Snow) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoP255Tpo3E/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Coffee, please. #vanillalatté #tuesday #brainhealth @terramiacoffee (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoGAjjyyXB-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Just another astonishing walk @lastatehistoricpark #cloudland #dtla #dreambig (at Los Angeles State Historic Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoBUF8mPzt7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=