Naomi McCavitt Art

Naomi McCavitt was born in Richmond VA. She has lived in many places including Phoenix, San Francisco, New York, and Seattle, before settling down back in her home town. She started making art as a child when her parents graciously allowed her to draw on, cut up, and otherwise rearrange her picture books. Since then she’s had many jobs including working in almost every position in the restaurant industry and teaching art to students of all ages from 5th graders to University students. In her spare time she always made art compulsively. She thinks that is the only criteria for calling yourself an artist and the definition of success in the arts; making work compulsively. She says it's nice when one gets paid for his/her art but not always necessary. Naomi’s work has gone through many iterations and awkward stages. While she feels humbled to look at her old work and notice her own naivety, she has recently come to really appreciate the stupid or clumsy parts of a piece of artwork. She thinks of old art as her version of the Navaho spirit line. Framed Naomi McCavitt art have become so popular that they are found in many people’s homes and also with many collectors. She’s using resources from the past for their aesthetic value. By rearranging these resources, she’s able to tell new stories where nature resists cataloging by clumping together in orgiastic defiance, where colonizers and conquerors are dwarfed by hot wilderness, where aristocrats levitate from their thoroughbreds.