Camilla Engström Island Creators, 2023 Archival pigment print on 308gsm Hahnemühle photo rag paper with silkscreen matte varnish seal, gloss varnish and embossing. 17 7/10 × 27 3/5 in | 45 × 70.1 cm Edition of 50 Framed Ecological empowerment surges through Camilla Engström’s idyllic islandscape. In Island Creators, warm sunlight catches upon gently puffing volcanoes, soft-edged terrain and shimmering pools of water. Painted in earthy pink tones, a figurative portrait peacefully resides within a volcano, her downcast eyes survey the biomorphic landscape unfolding in front of her. Embossment texturally lifts the smoke trails and rolling hills, whilst gloss is applied to areas of water, enhancing the reflective light cast by the setting sun. “Colours are everything. They’re healing to me.” In vibrant, sorbet-colored landscapes, the self-taught painter Camilla Engström creates paeans to ecological empowerment and rebels against female beauty standards. Her bright scenes often feature Husa, a pink, playful, full-bodied character that Engström developed as an alter ego. The artist views Husa as a rejection of the tall, thin, otherworldly models that she had to sketch when making fashion illustrations. Engström has even created an Instagram page devoted to the character. Sometimes, the land and female forms combine in Engström’s compositions, evoking the canvases of Georgia O’Keeffe, whom the younger artist counts as her number-one inspiration. Engström has exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Stockholm, and Hong Kong. In 2016, she published A Book of Dicks, filled with irreverent illustrations. Will be shipped secured prior to registered shipping.