Quincy, Massachusetts
About Priscilla Caldwell
She was fifty-one when she called the room a studio. Twenty-six years in an operating room taught her to stay still inside a long, difficult stretch of time.
A cold wax workshop in Gloucester taught her what to do with that patience. Since 2009, she has painted every morning in the same second-floor room in Quincy, MA — in by seven, out by two, no music, no phone.
15+
Years Painting
4
Distinct Series
Official Painting Store
Original oil and cold wax paintings directly from Priscilla Caldwell's studio in Quincy, MA.
Harbor Light • 2025
Slack Tide, Fore River
Oil and cold wax on birch panel — 40 × 32 in
The single rust line arrived last, on the eleventh session, after four months of grey. It is the only warm mark on the panel and the whole painting waits on it.
Harbor Light • 2025
Wollaston, First Light
Oil and cold wax on birch panel — 36 × 27 in
Painted from memory of a low tide in early April, when the flats hold more light than the sky above them.
Granite & Salt • 2024
Quarry Face No. 4
Oil, cold wax and marble dust on panel — 30 × 24 in
Marble dust in the lower layers so the surface holds a tooth. The vertical scores are made with a bookbinder's awl.
Granite & Salt • 2024
Seawall, October
Oil and cold wax on cradled panel — 24 × 24 in
A single square of deep indigo, no bigger than a stamp, holds the entire composition upright.
Interiors • 2025
North Room
Oil on linen over panel — 28 × 22 in
The window in her own studio, painted across nineteen mornings in the same forty minutes of light.
Interiors • 2023
The Emptied Room
Oil and cold wax on panel — 32 × 26 in
A red underpainting buried beneath six layers of bone white, allowed to surface only where the knife cut through.
Small Studies • 2026
Horizon Study XII
Oil and cold wax on panel — 12 × 12 in
One band, one line. Finished in a single morning and never touched again.
Small Studies • 2026
Drift Study VI
Oil, cold wax and graphite on panel — 12 × 12 in
Graphite drawn directly into wet wax — a mark that can only be made once.
Harbor Light • 2025
Hantum Point Fog
Oil and cold wax on cradled panel — 36 × 36 in
Layered atmospheric greys capturing the soft, dense mist along the Quincy coastline.
Granite & Salt • 2024
Quarry Cut VIII
Oil, cold wax and slate ground on panel — 40 × 30 in
A geometric composition driven by deep vertical incisions and granite hues.
Interiors • 2025
Studio Window, Dusk
Oil and cold wax on linen over panel — 24 × 20 in
Soft ambient evening tones glowing through quiet architectural planes.
Small Studies • 2026
Salt Line Study III
Oil and cold wax on wood panel — 10 × 10 in
A minimalist study exploring high-texture white wax against iron oxide grounds.
Artistic Journey
Key milestones across Priscilla Caldwell's studio practice and exhibition timeline.
Quincy Studio Established
Began full-time practice in oil and cold wax in Quincy, MA following a 26-year career in health care.
Harbor Light Series Begins
First major body of work exploring the atmospheric mist and coastal tides along Wollaston Beach.
Granite & Salt Quarry Exhibitions
Exhibited tactile marble-dust & cold wax works inspired by the historical Quincy quarries.
Interiors Series Solo Showcase
Debuted quiet architectural light studies painted across nineteen mornings in northern studio light.
Current Studio Collections
Releasing new small studies and large-scale panels directly from the Quincy studio.
Four Series, Running at Once
Harbor Light
Paintings that begin at the water's edge in Quincy — Wollaston Beach at first light, the Fore River at slack tide. Built up in thin veils of wax and scraped back until only the weather remains.
Granite & Salt
A record of the old quarries: stacked strata, cut faces, the grey that made this city. Heavier wax, deeper incisions, the surface treated as stone rather than picture.
Interiors
Rooms emptied of everything but light. These are the quietest works in the studio and the slowest to finish.
Small Studies
Panels no larger than a book, painted quickly in the morning before the larger work begins. Priscilla calls them her sentences.
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