Carter Caywood

I’m an Orlando-based painter working in oils and acrylics, drawn to floral compositions, tree studies, and dreamlike landscapes that occupy the space between the familiar and the just-out-of-reach.

My work lives in liminal territory — open fields, flowers caught mid-bloom, landscapes that seem to open onto something you can’t quite name. I paint with bold color and organic movement, and I’m most satisfied when a piece pulls a viewer in before they realize they’re looking.

Travel has shaped my palette in ways that never quite left. Europe — and Italy in particular — changed how I see afternoon light on old stone, the subtle beauty in textures and places that go unnoticed. Those impressions keep surfacing in the work, long after the trips end. As a recognized dual citizen of the United States and Italy with Cherokee Nation enrollment, I carry a layered sense of place and belonging that runs through everything I make.

My goal is simple: paintings so captivating they make you step inside, get a little lost, and find something of your own there.

Original works available. Based in Winter Garden, Florida.

Master of Eduction from Rockhurst University and Bachelor of Arts from University of Central Oklahoma