Now in the 21^st century, we find ourselves in the midst of profound and rapid social changes. Camilla Webster’s newest body of work is influenced by her family’s century-old great love of South Florida’s oceans and environment, and there is an element of healing as its central theme.

Webster’s acrylic on canvas paintings use color, energy, and movement to remind us that we are one with the element of water and that we need it to grow, to heal, to cleanse, and to renew. “We are all water, we share global waters, and the water in the paintings is also a reflection of our emotional wellbeing,” she says. The intention of her work is to bring a sense of solitude and tranquility to all who view it.

By using materials like gold and ultramarine (ground Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan), elements that once were reserved for royal and religious figures only in paintings and murals of the Renaissance, Webster invites us to experience the ocean, dusk, sea grapes, and the clouds as spiritual, priceless, and precious. Webster explores our relationship to the environment by tying it into memory, consciousness, love, and desire through color.

Keys Kintsugi (2018)is a Japanese-inspired body of work with splashes of gold meandering through each painting. In kintsugi pottery, imperfections and cracks are accentuated and celebrated with a gold overlay allowing the flaws themselves to shine through, suggesting that there is new beauty and increased value not only in the cracks of pottery, but in the cracks of life itself. This work was inspired by a time of loss and renewal in the artist’s own life but also by the devastation and recovery of a community after Hurricane Irma. Webster’s message is to declare that life is always beautiful, even in the realms of great tragedy, and that art has the power to heal. From October to December of this year, Webster’s complete Keys Kintsugi collection will be exhibited in Islamorada at Ocean Sotheby’s Roberto Russell Gallery.

The Flower Power series portrays the rise of women in power with the artist showing them in a different light, “One woman, one flower, one power at a time.”

In each painting and in each collection, essentials of Webster’s own colorful life are apparent—her cultural experiences adding to the depth of her creations. Amongst her accolades are award-winning author, TV analyst, influencer and adventurer. Her philosophy is that “art has the ability to grab our attention, to emanate the human condition.” Indeed, her work as a war correspondent in the Middle East moved her to highlight the perils of war by painting War Soul, and her passion for politics inspired her to create Stars and Stripes, which reflects the turbulence of the year in politics in 2018. In addition to drawing attention to social and political issues such as conflict, immigration and addiction, she uses her platform and her talents to give back to her South Florida community; she advocates for the care of the world’s oceans and she donates proceeds from the sale of selected works to support the needs of local cancer patients and their families.

Webster paints from the heart, and her artwork not only depicts her passion and sensitivity but also her desire to educate. She is a teacher. She is an artist. She is a healer inviting you to decelerate and find peace and hope in her work. As she says in her TEDTalk, Art in Front of You, “Look up, look down, and all around and let art change your life.” And she speaks from experience.

Camilla Webster is a widely exhibited and collected fine artist, bestselling author and speaker.

Upcoming exhibits this year include fourteen new original works will be shown at Ocean Sotheby’s in Islamorada beginning in October through the end of the year. In February 2020, Webster’s works will be featured in a month-long solo exhibition at the Paul Fisher Gallery. In May 2020, Webster will be exhibiting additional new works at the Coral Gables Museum in South Florida under the representation of world-renowned curator Bruce Helander.

During Art Basel Miami Beach last year, Webster delivered an intimate art talk at sea aboard The Waterford for the social impact organization NEXUS Global. Mercedes-Benz celebrated Webster’s work alongside other leading Floridian artists during Miami Art Week with a special installation curated by Dr. Jill Deupi, director of the Lowe Art Museum.

Now widely recognized in the art world, including by Mana Contemporary, Camilla Webster has a message that she conveys beautifully through color, line, and form. “Without a doubt her work will continue to gain attention in contemporary art circles and draw an ever-growing distinguished audience of collectors, gallerists, and curators,” says Shai Baitel, SVP Strategy, Mana Contemporary.

Capturing the attention of the Miami art scene upon her arrival, Webster was given a solo show during Art Basel Miami Beach week at the Edition Hotel, sponsored by Sotheby’s ONE. Her work then was chosen by interior designer Elizabeth Ghia for “The Grand Salon” in the Miami Designer Show House at the Deering Estate last April. In the summer of 2018, her portraits and abstracts were part of “The Power of Her” exhibit curated by Tanya Brillembourg for Ideobox in Wynwood, Miami. Her work is in private and corporate collections in New York, Palm Beach, London, and Hilton Head.

Webster donated Oceans of Youto support Cancer Alliance’s annual fundraiser at The Breakers, Palm Beach. Her print Stars and Stripes was donated to the auction for All Charities.

Painting in South Florida since 2017, the New York artist has focused on the water around the Florida Keys, Miami, and Palm Beach working with acrylic on canvas. Themes also are informed by her background as a veteran journalist and storyteller at Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and other international news outlets. Over two decades she covered the war in Baghdad and breaking news around the world, interviewed world leaders in Davos, and wrote a bestseller on women, wealth and power.

Her TEDx talk “Art in Front of You,” which focuses on the art of calming down, has garnered thousands of views. Predominantly self-taught, she studied under Pat Lipsky at The Art Students League, New York, in 2013, at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, in the summer of 2014, andwent on to spend the winter of 2014 through the summer of 2015 in the studio at Mana Contemporary in Jersey City.

Upcoming Exhibits

2020  Coral Gables Museum curated by Bruce Helander

2019   Ocean Sotheby’s Roberto Russell Gallery

Solo Exhibits

2017   Flower Power: Exploring the Feminineand Inhale: Abstract Meditations

The Penthouse @ The Edition, Miami

Dec 3-7 Miami Art Week

2015    In Front of You, Pollak Theater, Monmouth University, New Jersey

Group Exhibits

2019   Art Aspen

Art Santa Fe

Camilla Webster and Pasta Pantaleo

Ocean Reef Art League, Ocean Reef Club, Jan 8^th

Curated by Sherri Harris, Ocean Reef Art League

2018   The Spirit of South Florida

Mercedes Benz, Coral Gables, Dec 3rd

Curated by Jill Deupi, Director of the Lowe Art Museum

The Power of Her: Camilla Webster and Maria Christina Carbonell

Ideobox Artspace, curated by Tanya Brillembourg

2018   The Grand Salon: Reinterpreted

The Deering Estate, Miami April 15 -29

2015    Lose My Mind, A Celebration of Consuelo Vanderbilt

Costin at The Catherine Townhouse, New York City, New York

2014   Work in Progress,Open Studios, Mana Contemporary,

Jersey City. Monthly VIP reception and Preview, Monthly Weekend Arts

Celebration

2014   An Evening of the Arts,Karis Art Gallery,

Hilton Head, South Carolina for Island School Council of the Arts

2013    Abstracts, Curated by Pat Lipsky for the Art Students League,Phyllis

Harriman Gallery, New York

In the Press:

Indulge Miami, October Issue 2018

The Scout Guide Miami 2018

The Glampad Blog 2018

CBS Miami 2018

ABC Local10 News 2018

Yahoo News 2014

Monmouth University Press 2014