Caleb Weintraub’s work investigates the tension between stability and disquiet, between the domestic as a center of gravity and the inner tide that unsettles it. Within these layered environments, observation becomes both subject and object; watching and being watched coexist as inseparable conditions. The resulting scenes hover in suspension, operating as parallel structures—recursive, self-contained, and slightly out of sync, like overlapping timelines caught in continual renewal.

Blending figural and landscape sensibilities into imaginative spaces, Weintraub situates his practice between memory and myth. Each element in his paintings functions as a symbolic marker—flames as signals of transformation and attentiveness, birds as emblems of displacement, and trees as sanctuaries offering both protection and passage. Fire, recurring throughout the series, merges hearth and harbinger, suggesting both comfort and forewarning.

Based in Bloomington, Indiana, Weintraub holds an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania and a BFA from Boston University. His work has been exhibited at Fredericks & Freiser (New York), Zolla/Lieberman Gallery (Chicago), Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago), the International Museum of Art and Science (McAllen, TX), the Chicago Cultural Center, and the Grunwald Gallery of Art (Bloomington, IN). He has been artist-in-residence at Redux Contemporary Art Center and the Santa Fe Art Institute and currently serves as Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Painting at Indiana University Bloomington.