Callaway’s paintings are characterized by bold brush strokes, bright color harmonies and distinctive contrasts of light and shadow.

He is particularly influenced by contemporary Russian Masters for their bright tonal color harmonies and bold brush techniques.

...his paintings are not always about actual things or places. Rather they attempt to capture the essence of a subject as one would hope it to exist.

His renderings of landscape, floral and still-life subjects, whether en plein air or studio works, often consist of compositions reflection places or subjects from memory or pure imagination