Evolution
1994–1995 Allegorical Figurative Paintings | previous • next
More allegory, more autobiography, more observation. Mixed realities, mixed metaphors. Birds, fish, moon, strange plants. First introduction of the Tree as Figure. These fourteen months became the peak of this body of work, created soon before leaving San Francisco.
As before, see the background to Love and War, and my newer abstracted work. See the background to American Girl, which is a bridge to my Boston paintings, and has since served as backgrounds to many stuffed critter paintings and other still-lifes to come (see Eyeless Rabbit in the Critters and Other Creatures section under the paintings link above).
Above Left: All's Fair in Love and War, © Alexandria Levin, 1994 – oil on canvas, 31x36"
Above Center: Cut, © Alexandria Levin, 1994 – oil on canvas, 13x9" (private collection)
Above Right: Self-Portrait with Crows, © Alexandria Levin, 1994 – oil on canvas, 31x31" (collection of artist)
Above Left: The Tree of Life, © Alexandria Levin, 1994 – oil on canvas, 36x25" (private collection)
Above Center: An American Girl, © Alexandria Levin, 1995 – oil on canvas, 38x25" (collection of artist)
Above Right: Trans-Atlantic, © Alexandria Levin, 1995 – oil on canvas, 25x36"
