Mickey Caulfield & the Sad Flower Club

Mickey Caulfield (b. 1997) is an artist and painter based in Windham, Maine. They graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2020 and began showing their work in 2023 in Toronto, Ontario.

Their work addresses the persistent nature of melancholic feelings through their vibrant acrylic and mix media paintings, romanticizing mundane spaces and experiences with a bittersweet undertone.

“Melancholy and sadness, heartbreak and longing; painful feelings do not subside in our most comfortable spaces. Sadness doesn’t stop at your doorstep, you cannot wipe it off your shoes or leave it hanging outside on a coat rack. I address the persistent nature of these feelings in vibrant acrylic paintings, romanticizing mundane spaces with a bittersweet undertone and concepts derived from my own poetry and experiences. My art looks at the world through rose-tinted glass, not to warp or deny the reality of pain, but to see the beauty in tear-stained pillows and realize that heartbreak is just love with nowhere left to go.”

The Sad Flower Club is the collection and mission of Mickey’s art and poetry; a garden of expression and feeling, to act as a community and space for those who feel similarly.