Journal of Writing & Environment

Visual Art by Elizabeth Castaldo

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Elizabeth Castaldo is an artist, printmaker, and bookbinder living and working in Montgomery, NY. She received her MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta in 2013 and her BFA in Drawing and Painting from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2007. In addition to her mixed media works on paper, she also makes custom handbound sketchbooks under the moniker Bound Sweet & Simply Sewn. Her work has been exhibited and collected throughout the United States and in France.

Using the metaphor of the female body as a personification of nature, I explore issues such as generation and growth, entropy and decay, and the conflict that results from attempting to live as a modern human within the larger world of nature. The work draws a parallel between the inner conflicts of the human mind and the inherent entropy of nature, creating a push and pull between nature and human nature, resulting in an atmosphere of harmony and discord within the same image. The work is about the resilience of nature and the ability for adaptation, despite a natural tendency toward disorder.

L'Amour Fou by Elizabeth Castaldo

Mixed media on watercolor paper

A Tragic Misstep by Elizabeth Castaldo

Mixed media on watercolor paper

An Unsound Structure by Elizabeth Castaldo

Mixed media on watercolor paper