'Not a Light’ (2025) by Caroline Burdett

Acrylic and pastel on canvas/linen blend

12”h x 12”w framed

Caroline Burdett (she/her) is a visual artist living and working in Woodstock, New York. Primarily an abstract painter, Caroline explores texture and visual effects by integrating acrylic, chalk, and wax pastels into her work. Her process is highly iterative and includes a repeated process of adding and removing layers of paint and other materials on the canvas. Living in the mountains and being drawn to the outdoors, Caroline’s paintings lean toward abstract landscapes and are infused with her sense of wonder at the natural world. Caroline has completed residencies at the Byrdcliffe Artist Residency Program in Woodstock, New York and at the Vermont Studio Center, has had work featured in Architectural Digest and Maake Magazine, and has participated in numerous group exhibitions.

“I make paintings rich with unconventional color and which represent my lived experience, with form acting as a jumping-off point for visual play and exploration. Images often include a landscape scene as their foundational form. My landscapes evolved from my earlier work with figures. I live in a place that vibrates with such a frequency, it turns every scene into something magical. The color I use is meant to transform depictions of earthly forms into otherworldly ones, conveying a sense of awe and wonder of this world to the viewer.”

-Caroline Burdett