Caitlin Lonegan
Untitled (Rainbow Painting, 2018-2021, 2021.02), 2021
Oil, metallic oil, iridescent oil on canvas
84 x 60 inches (213.4 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm)
© Caitlin Lonegan Photo by Robert Wedemeyer
Standing before the collision of copper and midnight blue oil paint, visitors might not imagine that the artist behind this medley of color was once an aspiring engineer.
Caitlin Lonegan, UCLA alumna and Los Angeles-based artist, went from calculating angular velocity as an undergraduate student at Yale to showcasing her abstract oil paintings in the “Made in L.A. 2014″ biennial exhibition at the UCLA Hammer Museum.