Camila Rhodes

Camila Rhodes patrolled Lake Michigan for eight years with the Coast Guard. Painting began as a counterweight to all that structure and routine, first in a cramped apartment. Rhodes holds a BFA from Pratt Institute and now works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

One skyline leads the way in a style that blends impressionism and abstraction. Chicago, as seen from the water, keeps returning: as a retro travel poster in blocks of color, as mirrored towers in steel blue and amber gold, and as a vintage transit map with flowing lines. See the Chicago canvases below, each printed on matte canvas over solid wood.