Evolution
Last Allegoricals on Canvas | previous • next
In the spring of 1995 I moved back to New Mexico (and not up the Pacific coast, which had been seriously considered). It was then I began having the tornado and water disaster dreams, which I eventually understood to be a form of deep cleansing. The bottom two pieces were the beginnings of handling paint differently; transparencies and layering employed in new ways. These and a few others were the bridge between the canvas and panel paintings, between two bodies of work.
There was also a small series of root vegetables created during this time, but I have since forgotten why. However, these were the earliest still-life type paintings presented as portrait and allegory.
Above Left: HEY CHICKEN!, © Alexandria Levin, 1996 – oil on canvas, 42x37"
Above Center: Beet, © Alexandria Levin, 1996 – acrylic and oil on wood, 12x9"
Above Right: Radishes, © Alexandria Levin, 1996 – oil on canvas, 9x12"
Above Left: And We Would Become a Most Delightful People, © Alexandria Levin, 1997 – oil on canvas, 32x21"
Above Right: The Tree of Life #3, © Alexandria Levin, 1997 – oil on canvas, 25x36" (collection of artist)
