Elena Caravela, a School of Visual Arts alumna, has exhibited widely and has garnered awards for her painting and portraiture. Examples include a finalist in The Artist’s Magazine 34th Annual Art Competition, NOAPS Online International Exhibitions, Allied Artist of America at Salmagundi Club, Placing in the Portrait Society of America Member’s Competition, Finalist in Art Kudos International Competition, Awards at Ridgewood Art Institute, Women Painting Women juried exhibition, Principal Gallery, and a Solo Exhibition “Girls In Sight” at the Visual Arts Center of NJ. Human beings captured in candid moments are at the heart of Elena Caravela’s work. She may concentrate on a particular concept driving a series of paintings, but fleeting human expression is always the underlying core of her paintings. Both Idiosyncratic and universally recognizable nuance of facial expression and body language is on display in frank and sometimes awkward recognition for the viewer. This conveyance of emotion is also demonstrated in Caravela’s Illustration work. It includes magazines such as 3x3 Magazine for Contemporary Illustration, award winning children’s picture books, and a non-fiction picture book about young female artists that she authored and illustrated.