Portfolios
This image is a close up of a ceramic pot with the texture and colors of the glaze in detail. The clay underbody is a light to medium brown in color, but the glaze over the clay is a variety of light and dark greens. The glaze itself shows darker lines and crazing, which means that the glaze has pulled away from the clay beneath it in random shapes and locations. Where the glaze has pulled away looks somewhat like holes, and the edges of these “holes” have orange and brown coloration to them, giving the glaze overall a wide variety of colors and textures.
CERAMICS
P. Alex Caro began working with and creating ceramics at the age of 8. His influences include southwestern United States geography, landscapes, and temperatures, various texture-making methods, and landscape design. Many of the pieces in this gallery play with different textures, sizes, shapes, and push the limits of the clay, glazes, and other materials. Ceramics continues to be a major player in PAC’s artistic adventures and endeavors.
Title: Forgotten. A watercolor painting of a light-blue robot head lying on the ground among some mushrooms in a forest setting. The robot head has one visible eye that is yellow, and the robot appears to be defunct. The mushrooms grow around and on the robot’s head. The forest behind it is made of abstract yellows, greens, and browns, so the viewer focuses on the robot skull and mushrooms in the foreground.
WATERCOLOR
PAC’s adventuring into the land of watercolor paints and pens really began developing after Covid-19 shut down everything in 2020. Using an idea for a lovable robot, PAC has been expanding his skills and scenes in watercolors with elements of both whimsy and thoughtful color choices. Be on the lookout for future prints in the shop!
This photograph is of a sculpture from a show that Alex was a part of during his senior year of college. The sculpture is a rectangular upright metal pipe frame with pulleys in a variety of sizes attached at the top and bottom bars. The pulleys are connected via rope, and on the two ends of the rope, there is a large granite rock and on the other end of the rope is a small, dark brown clay rocket.
SCULPTURE
As a high school and undergraduate student, sculpture allowed PAC to really dive into using clay and a wide variety of other materials to explore the contradictory nature of the materials in question. While sculpture plays a large role in the development of his ceramics works and informs the designs behind the watercolor pieces, it still stands alone as an area that PAC enjoys. Many of his sculptural skills are put to good use making functional objects, like picnic tables and garden fences for the wife.