ARTIST

Alexandria Levin

Artist's Statement

I paint still-lifes depicted as iconographic portraiture. The subjects are mostly representations of living things, although not always in their assumed natural state. I aminterested in expressing the personality, spirit and unspoken mystery of seemingly common things that are slightly out of their normal context. This work focuses on the qualities of poignancy, depth and stillness. They are pictorial narratives, unspoken scenes; simple allegories starring anthropomorphic characters who speak silently to me. I translate their voices into paint.

This body of work began as studies in representational drawing that have evolved into their own unique form of contemporary realism with a surrealist edge. For me, art is thought made visual. The sensual act of painting is one of balancing truly being able to see with giving form to that which is unseen. My easel is my cello, the paintbrush is my bow. The brushtrokes are the melody, while the nuances of color are made of individual musical notes. I paint to sing. I paint just to breathe.