The Regent of The Storm and The Strike 2021

Here's a curious and captivating painting by Camilla d’Errico, called 'The Regent of The Storm and The Strike,’ and it conjures up such a vivid world! I see it coming together, gesture by gesture, layer upon layer, in a dance of intuition and control. The artist’s hand moving across the surface, coaxing these characters into being. Look at that bird, perched so confidently, a feathered crown amidst the storm. I wonder, was it the girl or the bird that came first? It makes me think about the artist’s hand, tracing the delicate lines of her face, the subtle gradations of color in the sky. There’s something dreamlike about it, something that speaks to the power of imagination, the way we can conjure up worlds and beings through the simple act of painting. And isn't that what art is all about? A conversation, across time and space, between artists who dare to dream?