Allyson Levy

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Sweet Poison, 2005	2nd Wings, 2004	Aristolochian, 2007
Asparagus, 2008	Rhoaeshock, 2008	Blue Hydrangea, 2008
Rana's Pocket Change, 2007	First Frost, 2004	Ash III, 2005
For Johann, 2008	Rhoaeshock, 2008	Can I Bliss, 2007
Carpinus Tunnel Syndrome, 2006	Birthday, 2008	Ash 1, 2005
Elderfuck, 2006	Rhoaeshock Study II, 2008	Rhoaeshock Dispensers, 2009
Once There Were Violets, 2003	Leafing Fall, 2009	Card, 2004
Milkyway, 2002	Flower Tower, 2006

Artist Statement

Allyson Levy

About the work

My current body of work deals with the properties of found organic materials at various times of the year and the processes those materials undergo through nature's transitions (decomposition, sunlight, wind, and insects, etc.).

After relocating to rural upstate N.Y., I became keenly aware that the natural environment that surrounded me is never static, but constantly in a state of change.  It struck me that I had never noticed the seed keys of a maple tree, or the minute differences in the shape of an ash seed, the swelling of forsythia buds.

By combining natural materials with wax, I to try to capture human interaction with nature.  I hope that my treatment of these organic materials with various techniques of encaustic painting will convey the feeling of particular moments of time and how they effect human emotions.

These paintings are my attempt to portray these brief moments.

Artist Bio

A L L Y S O N    L E V Y

Selected Exhibits

Carrie Haddad Gallery--May 14 - June 21, 2009

"Spring Exhibit" 

Conrad Wilde Gallery – March 3^rd 2007 – April 28^th

Second Annual Encaustic Invitational

Tucson, AZ

Carrie Haddad Gallery - July 12 to Aug. 12, 2007

 Samuel Dorsky Museum – Sept 17^th 2005 – Dec 11^th

Encaustic Work 2005

New Paltz, NY

 
Coffey Gallery – Sept 4^th 2004 – Sept 26^th

“new encaustic works”

Kingston, NY

R & F Gallery   -  Feb 5^th 2000 – March 25th

"MARKINGS" - a collection of personal histories - encaustic on wood

Kingston, NY

A.O.V. Gallery     Nov 12 1998- Dec 19th

"MARKINGS" - a collection of personal histories - encaustic on wood

San Francisco, California

Commissions

Pittsburgh Children Museum 2002

Pittsburgh, PA

“Time Encapsulated “ Monument

Memory Wall

Metal & glass sculpture (20’ x 7’)

Education

Syracuse University, BFA Film - 1988