{"title":"Calie Durant","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eCalie Durant is an abstract painter whose work bridges a lifelong dedication to visual communication with a sustained commitment to a practice shaped through layered inquiry and revision. She studied graphic design in art school before earning her BFA with a major in painting. Raised in Hawai‘i, she was drawn early to the relationships between color, form, and atmosphere, sensitivities that would later inform both her design career and her studio practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eBefore turning fully toward painting, Calie worked in branding and advertising as an art director, designer, and strategist in New York and San Francisco. She led creative teams and crafted cohesive visual systems across web, mobile, and print. During this time, she partnered with renowned clients including Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, Ogilvy \u0026amp; Mather, and Landor Associates. This background refined her approach to composition, structure, and visual clarity, elements that now underpin the disciplined yet expansive nature of her abstract work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eIn 2021, Calie moved back to O‘ahu with her husband and two children. She now paints from her home studio in Honolulu, where a sense of rhythm, openness, and spatial awareness informs the ongoing evolution of her practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eTo learn more visit \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caliedurant.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eCalieDurant.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hidden-tides-by-calie-durant","title":"Hidden Tides by Calie Durant","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAcrylic on canvas, mounted to wood cradled panels - unframed \u003cbr\u003e12\" h x 12\" w x 1.5\" d each (set of 4)\u003cbr\u003eInstalled size will vary based on spacing between panels. Professionally wired and ready to hang\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eCalie Durant is an abstract painter whose work bridges a lifelong dedication to visual communication with a sustained commitment to a practice shaped through layered inquiry and revision. She studied graphic design in art school before earning her BFA with a major in painting. Raised in Hawai‘i, she was drawn early to the relationships between color, form, and atmosphere, sensitivities that would later inform both her design career and her studio practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eBefore turning fully toward painting, Calie worked in branding and advertising as an art director, designer, and strategist in New York and San Francisco. She led creative teams and crafted cohesive visual systems across web, mobile, and print. During this time, she partnered with renowned clients including Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, Ogilvy \u0026amp; Mather, and Landor Associates. This background refined her approach to composition, structure, and visual clarity, elements that now underpin the disciplined yet expansive nature of her abstract work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eIn 2021, Calie moved back to O‘ahu with her husband and two children. She now paints from her home studio in Honolulu, where a sense of rhythm, openness, and spatial awareness informs the ongoing evolution of her practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBetween what’s seen and what’s felt, something shifts. Revealed, then gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eHidden Tides\u003c\/i\u003e draws from the ocean’s constant state of change, where clarity and depth exist together. Layers are built and disrupted over time, allowing moments of luminosity to emerge through areas left raw and unresolved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eComposed of four panels, the work extends beyond a single boundary. Each holds its own rhythm while remaining in quiet relation to the whole. Installed with space between them, the composition opens and continues outward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe work invites a slower way of looking, one that resists definition in favor of feeling. Meaning moves through the surface rather than settling. A reflection on imperfection as something inherent, layered, and quietly complete. - Calie Durant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Calie Durant","offers":[{"title":"25\" x 25\"","offer_id":46411177230535,"sku":null,"price":2400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0259\/5930\/1204\/files\/calie-durant-Hiddentides-silo-hawaii-art-photograph.jpg?v=1776205432"},{"product_id":"surface-by-calie-durant","title":"Surface by Calie Durant","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAcrylic on canvas, mounted to wood cradled panel - framed in walnut-toned aluminum\u003cbr\u003e20\" h x 20\" w painting - framed at 21\" h x 21\" w x 1.5\" d\u003cbr\u003eProfessionally wired and ready to hang\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCurrently displayed at the Mauna Lani, Auberge Resort, 5th floor south hall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eCalie Durant is an abstract painter whose work bridges a lifelong dedication to visual communication with a sustained commitment to a practice shaped through layered inquiry and revision. She studied graphic design in art school before earning her BFA with a major in painting. Raised in Hawai‘i, she was drawn early to the relationships between color, form, and atmosphere, sensitivities that would later inform both her design career and her studio practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eBefore turning fully toward painting, Calie worked in branding and advertising as an art director, designer, and strategist in New York and San Francisco. She led creative teams and crafted cohesive visual systems across web, mobile, and print. During this time, she partnered with renowned clients including Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, Ogilvy \u0026amp; Mather, and Landor Associates. This background refined her approach to composition, structure, and visual clarity, elements that now underpin the disciplined yet expansive nature of her abstract work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eIn 2021, Calie moved back to O‘ahu with her husband and two children. She now paints from her home studio in Honolulu, where a sense of rhythm, openness, and spatial awareness informs the ongoing evolution of her practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurface\u003c\/i\u003e explores what lives just beneath the visible. Layers of earthy greens, soft blues, warm clay, and muted golds overlap and shift, creating a sense of movement and quiet depth. Subtle texture runs throughout the painting, catching light differently as the day changes and revealing details that are difficult to capture in a photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis work invites slow looking. Forms emerge and recede, suggesting landscapes, maps, or memories without settling into a fixed narrative. The surface holds evidence of process, scraped back passages, built-up paint, and softened edges, giving the piece a tactile, dimensional presence. In person, the color relationships and texture feel richer and more nuanced than in photographs. - Calie Durant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Calie Durant","offers":[{"title":"21\" x 21\"","offer_id":46411202461895,"sku":null,"price":2000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0259\/5930\/1204\/files\/calie-durant-surface-silo-hawaii-art-photograph.jpg?v=1776206022"},{"product_id":"sea-glass-by-calie-durant","title":"Sea Glass by Calie Durant","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAcrylic on canvas, mounted to wood cradled panel - framed in dark oak-toned aluminum\u003cbr\u003e30\" h x 24\" w painting - framed at 31\" h x 25\" w x 1.5\" d\u003cbr\u003eProfessionally wired and ready to hang\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCurrently displayed at the Mauna Lani, Auberge Resort, 5th floor south hall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eCalie Durant is an abstract painter whose work bridges a lifelong dedication to visual communication with a sustained commitment to a practice shaped through layered inquiry and revision. She studied graphic design in art school before earning her BFA with a major in painting. Raised in Hawai‘i, she was drawn early to the relationships between color, form, and atmosphere, sensitivities that would later inform both her design career and her studio practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eBefore turning fully toward painting, Calie worked in branding and advertising as an art director, designer, and strategist in New York and San Francisco. She led creative teams and crafted cohesive visual systems across web, mobile, and print. During this time, she partnered with renowned clients including Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, Ogilvy \u0026amp; Mather, and Landor Associates. This background refined her approach to composition, structure, and visual clarity, elements that now underpin the disciplined yet expansive nature of her abstract work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eIn 2021, Calie moved back to O‘ahu with her husband and two children. She now paints from her home studio in Honolulu, where a sense of rhythm, openness, and spatial awareness informs the ongoing evolution of her practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSea Glass\u003c\/em\u003e reflects the way fear changes when we remain present with it. What initially feels sharp and overwhelming can soften through time, experience, and willingness to stay. The piece speaks to transformation, where vulnerability gives way to strength, clarity, and quiet beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eThe painting unfolds through layered textures and fluid movement. Soft aquas, greens, and pinks move across the surface like waves shaping what they touch. The composition reveals itself gradually, holding space for lingering attention and offering a gentle reminder that even our most tender moments can become luminous.- Calie Durant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurrently displayed at the Mauna Lani, Auberge Resort, 1st floor south hall.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Calie Durant","offers":[{"title":"31\" h x 25\" w","offer_id":46411216945351,"sku":null,"price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0259\/5930\/1204\/files\/calie-durant-seaglass-silo-hawaii-art-photograph.jpg?v=1776206382"},{"product_id":"kaleidoscope-by-calie-durant","title":"Kaleidoscope by Calie Durant","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAcrylic on canvas, mounted to wood cradled panel - framed in light oak-toned aluminum\u003cbr\u003e30\" h x 30\" w painting - framed at 31\" h x 31\" w x 1.5\" d\u003cbr\u003eProfessionally wired and ready to hang\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCurrently displayed at the Mauna Lani, Auberge Resort, 5th floor south hall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eCalie Durant is an abstract painter whose work bridges a lifelong dedication to visual communication with a sustained commitment to a practice shaped through layered inquiry and revision. She studied graphic design in art school before earning her BFA with a major in painting. Raised in Hawai‘i, she was drawn early to the relationships between color, form, and atmosphere, sensitivities that would later inform both her design career and her studio practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eBefore turning fully toward painting, Calie worked in branding and advertising as an art director, designer, and strategist in New York and San Francisco. She led creative teams and crafted cohesive visual systems across web, mobile, and print. During this time, she partnered with renowned clients including Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, Ogilvy \u0026amp; Mather, and Landor Associates. This background refined her approach to composition, structure, and visual clarity, elements that now underpin the disciplined yet expansive nature of her abstract work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eIn 2021, Calie moved back to O‘ahu with her husband and two children. She now paints from her home studio in Honolulu, where a sense of rhythm, openness, and spatial awareness informs the ongoing evolution of her practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKaleidoscope\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation on disruption and discovery. It reflects the freedom that emerges when structure is loosened and expectations are set aside, allowing something unexpected to take shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eThis painting began as an exploration without rules. Layers of color move like fractured clouds, breaking apart to reveal a quiet geometry beneath. The diamond form emerges not as a focal point to control the composition, but as something uncovered through the process itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKaleidoscope \u003c\/em\u003einvites curiosity rather than certainty. Its shifting forms and intersecting planes create a sense of movement that changes with sustained looking, offering new relationships between color, shape, and space over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eLet this painting be a reminder to release rigid ideas and trust what can be created from what remains.  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e- Calie Durant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Calie Durant","offers":[{"title":"31\" h x 31\" w","offer_id":46411247976647,"sku":null,"price":3200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0259\/5930\/1204\/files\/calie-durant-kaleidoscope-silo-hawaii-art-photographcopy.jpg?v=1776206884"},{"product_id":"momentum-by-calie-durant","title":"Momentum by Calie Durant","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAcrylic on canvas with white mat and maple frame\u003cbr\u003e24\" h x 18\" w painting - framed at 28\" h x 22\" w x 1\" d\u003cbr\u003eProfessionally wired and ready to hang\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eCalie Durant is an abstract painter whose work bridges a lifelong dedication to visual communication with a sustained commitment to a practice shaped through layered inquiry and revision. She studied graphic design in art school before earning her BFA with a major in painting. Raised in Hawai‘i, she was drawn early to the relationships between color, form, and atmosphere, sensitivities that would later inform both her design career and her studio practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eBefore turning fully toward painting, Calie worked in branding and advertising as an art director, designer, and strategist in New York and San Francisco. She led creative teams and crafted cohesive visual systems across web, mobile, and print. During this time, she partnered with renowned clients including Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, Ogilvy \u0026amp; Mather, and Landor Associates. This background refined her approach to composition, structure, and visual clarity, elements that now underpin the disciplined yet expansive nature of her abstract work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eIn 2021, Calie moved back to O‘ahu with her husband and two children. She now paints from her home studio in Honolulu, where a sense of rhythm, openness, and spatial awareness informs the ongoing evolution of her practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMomentum\u003c\/em\u003e explores the quiet force that builds beneath the surface before movement becomes inevitable. Greens layer and press forward, carrying the energy of growth that cannot be rushed yet refuses to stay still. Organic lines weave through the composition like roots and pathways, suggesting connection, persistence, and forward pull.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eThis painting holds the feeling of becoming in motion. Not a single moment, but the accumulation of intention, pressure, and life choosing to move. It invites sustained looking, allowing the eye to travel, pause, and return, revealing new rhythms over time.  - Calie Durant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Calie Durant","offers":[{"title":"28\" h x 22\" w","offer_id":46411294671047,"sku":null,"price":2200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0259\/5930\/1204\/files\/calie-durant-momentum-silo-hawaii-art-photograph.jpg?v=1776207582"},{"product_id":"reflection-by-calie-durant","title":"Reflection by Calie Durant","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAcrylic on canvas, mounted to wood cradled panel - framed in walnut-toned aluminum\u003cbr\u003e18\" h x 14\" w painting - framed at 19\" h x 15\" w x 1.5\" d\u003cbr\u003eProfessionally wired and ready to hang\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eLocated at the Mauna Lani, Auberge Resort, 4th floor central elevator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eCalie Durant is an abstract painter whose work bridges a lifelong dedication to visual communication with a sustained commitment to a practice shaped through layered inquiry and revision. She studied graphic design in art school before earning her BFA with a major in painting. Raised in Hawai‘i, she was drawn early to the relationships between color, form, and atmosphere, sensitivities that would later inform both her design career and her studio practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eBefore turning fully toward painting, Calie worked in branding and advertising as an art director, designer, and strategist in New York and San Francisco. She led creative teams and crafted cohesive visual systems across web, mobile, and print. During this time, she partnered with renowned clients including Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, Ogilvy \u0026amp; Mather, and Landor Associates. This background refined her approach to composition, structure, and visual clarity, elements that now underpin the disciplined yet expansive nature of her abstract work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"\u003eIn 2021, Calie moved back to O‘ahu with her husband and two children. She now paints from her home studio in Honolulu, where a sense of rhythm, openness, and spatial awareness informs the ongoing evolution of her practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eReflection\u003c\/i\u003e began as an experiment. I was exploring new materials and mark-making, working with a ruling pen alongside techniques that were still finding their place in my process. At first, I was unsure where the piece belonged. The circular forms suggested bubbles rising through water, then gradually began to feel like jellyfish drifting just beneath the surface. I set it aside, not unloved, but unresolved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOver time, that uncertainty shifted. Each return to the studio drew my attention back to this painting. It lingered in my awareness, reappearing in photos, quietly asking for a closer look. When I finally slowed down and gave it my full attention, the work revealed itself more clearly. What I once questioned became something I genuinely connected with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI named the piece Reflection because it asks for patience and presence. It invites reconsideration, encouraging a deeper look at what might initially be overlooked. 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