Inside Erica Calardo It all began as an

It all began as an innocent journey of exploration and the excitement that came with applying a vision to a piece of paper

graphite and pencils

Finding inspiration in ancient ritual and folklore

moleskine notebooks

In between frequenting underground alternative dance clubs

Inside Erica Calardo It all began as anDetails About Mixed media on paper Graphite, colored pencil, and watercolor on Arches paper 30 x 40 cm 12 x 16 in. 2020 Erica Calardo (Genoa, 1980) is a figurative painter living and working in Bologna, Italy. Erica works in oils, watercolors, and pencils and her haunting portraits are windows on the solitude of lost souls. She explores the realm of Beauty, Grotesque, Magic, by creating eery oneiric feminine figures who tell tales of long forgotten