The Guardian Mazerunner 2021

This painting by Camilla d’Errico, it’s a world of its own, isn't it? Just imagine the artist in her studio, building up layers of pale pinks and blues, so light and airy, like a cotton candy sunset. The cloud-like hair, it’s not just sitting there, is it? It’s alive, morphing, and those blue flames, or are they streams of water? They remind me of a conversation between forms. D’Errico’s work often dances between different worlds like this, and you can see echoes of that here. It makes you wonder what she was thinking as she painted. Painters like her and, say, Remedios Varo are all in this big, ongoing conversation, inspiring each other. You can see how one person's dream can spark another’s, mixing and morphing over time. Each painting becomes a new question, inviting more visions.