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Fantasy and Allegory

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Equinox by Alessandra Kelley

Equinox
Acrylics on panel

Because of the tilt of our planet's axis as it revolves around the sun, the length of day and night change over the year. The equinox is the day when day and night are of equal length. This painting is in part about balance, time, and passage.

Welcome Wagons by Alessandra Kelley

Welcome Wagons
Egg tempera on panel

This image was inspired by a dream which was itself inspired, I think, in part by the melancholy midwestern stories of Ray Bradbury. I wanted a sense of quiet otherworldliness.

Dress Form by Alessandra Kelley

Dress Form
Egg tempera on panel

This image was a meditation on human beauty, expectations, and how fashions mold us physically and mentally.

Geometrica by Alessandra Kelley

Geometrica
Egg tempera on panel

With this image I was playing with perspective, both the mathematical kind and the idea of isolated world views interacting.

Cape Ann Memories by Alessandra Kelley

Cape Ann Memories
Egg tempera on panel

When I was a child we sometimes stayed with cousins on the Massachusetts coast north of Boston.