• Caleb Fletcher holds a BFA from the Alfred University School of Art and Design, where he concentrated in sculptural metal casting and mixed media.

    A visionary artist, Caleb's work explores themes of spirituality, memory, and the sublime. His work seeks to mediate the dialogue between faith and reason.

    Caleb lives with his wife Gwen and son Britton in their rural hometown of Nokesville, Virginia.

  • My latest body of work Undulatus reveals the uniquely sublime nature of the ecstatic moment in natural world. The ecstatic moment is a state of perception wherein one experiences reality, if only for a moment, as a sweeping and layered composition. The resulting existential vertigo is often attributed to a spiritual experience or referred to as a religious vision. My latest paintings relate to an ongoing series of photos taken by myself and my wife since 2009, at moments of such ecstatic vision. From those photographs I have produced the oil paintings that constitute Undulatus.

    This series endeavors to authentically convey the indescribable awe and complexity of the natural world from the vantage of a heightened state of consciousness. These works are moments and places where the veil of mundanity is momentarily lifted, allowing the viewer to glimpse the churning, roiling dance of the living cosmos beneath.

    In order to effectively communicate that undulating quality I have turned to the principles of automatism or unconscious mark-making. The organic forms conjured by the subconscious while in a painterly 'flow state' come from the same place that ecstatic visions do. Both experiences generate overwhelmingly dense patterns of movement, whether visual or psychological. With this method I am able to create from the source.

  • Caleb Fletcher

    Nokesville, Virginia

    Email: calebfletcherart@gmail.com

    Web: calebfletcherart.com

    IG: @calebfletcherart

    Phone: 571-288-1950

    Artist Resume

    Education

    School of Art and Design at Alfred University

    -BFA Concentration in Sculpture [2013]

    Exhibitions

    -First Friday Exhibition, Crafty Bastard Brewery, Knoxville, Tennessee [January 2018]

    -First Friday Exhibition, Postmodern Distillery, Knoxville, Tennessee [November 2017]

    -'Chaos Exhibition', Artists in Middleburg Gallery, Middleburg, Virginia [May 2017]

    -'Caleb Fletcher', Center for the Arts, Old Town Manassas, Virginia [November 2016]

    -'I Am Rising Like A Mountain' BFA Thesis Exhibition, Alfred University, Alfred, New York [May 2013]

    -‘We Want to Destroy You’, The Grange, Alfred, New York [October 2012]

    -‘All-Star Cast’, National Metal Casting Center, Alfred University [October 2012]

    -‘Intern and Emerging Artist Exhibition’, SAW, Salem, New York [September 2012]

    -Permanent installation ‘Sapiens’ in the possession of Salem Art Works

    -‘Spirit of a Place: Citing Hornell’, Hornell, New York, Alfred University [May 2012]

    -‘nothing (extra)ordinary’, Hornell, New York, Alfred University [March 2012]

    -‘Push’, Turner Gallery, Alfred University [October 2011]

    -‘From Fire’, National Metal Casting Center, Alfred University [October 2011]

    Experience

    -Academic

    -Student Cupola Contest at the National Cast Iron Conference at Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama [May 2010]

    -Intercollegiate Iron Pour, Salem Art Works, Salem, New York [September 2011,2012]

    -‘Meltdown’ Intercollegiate Iron Pour, National Casting Center, Alfred , New York [October 2010, 2011,2012]

    -‘Pour Your Heart Out’ Charity Event, National Casting Center, Alfred, New York [February 2010, 2011, 2012]

    -13th USUK International Cast Iron Sculpture Symposium, Salem Art Works, Salem, New York [June 2012]

    -Alfred University Foundry Guild

    -Member [2010-2012]

    -President [2013]

    -Field Employment

    -Caleb Fletcher Art

    -Owner, creating custom paintings, design, and sculpture [2016-present]

    -Salem Art Works

    -Installed large-scale earthworks sculpture Sapiens in Cary Hill Sculpture Park [June, July 2012]

    ‍‍-Commissions

    -Custom paintings for over 50 clients through Caleb Fletcher Art [2016-present]

    -Mural for PostModern Distillery [2017]

    -‘Candy’s Riverhouse’ [CD Design, Logo: 2010], ‘Howlin Bends’ [Cast Aluminum Bass Guitar, CD Design, Logo: 2008, 2012], ‘Dreaming of Eden’ [CD Artwork: 2008]