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● Calida Garcia Rawles is an African American painter.
● She is known for her large-scale, hyperrealistic paintings depicting African American figures in water.
● The painting Lightness of Being (24 x 30 in) depicts a young man with his arms outstretched floating on the right side of the canvas.
● Lost in the Shuffle (36 x 24 in) depicts two young men with their arms outstretched floating in the bottom left and upper right corners of the canvas.
● She paints the water with vivid blue colors, including periwinkle and cobalt.
● The mood in the paintings is placid.
● She is known for her large-scale, hyperrealistic paintings depicting African American figures in water.
● The painting Lightness of Being (24 x 30 in) depicts a young man with his arms outstretched floating on the right side of the canvas.
● Lost in the Shuffle (36 x 24 in) depicts two young men with their arms outstretched floating in the bottom left and upper right corners of the canvas.
● She paints the water with vivid blue colors, including periwinkle and cobalt.
● The mood in the paintings is placid.