{"id":1457,"date":"2010-04-21T08:05:23","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T12:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=1457"},"modified":"2015-12-27T00:56:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T05:56:53","slug":"body-of-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2010\/04\/body-of-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Body of Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is an interesting story about Alexa Meade, a fairly new artist on the scene, who is gaining recognition quickly and was profiled recently in an article, <a title=\"Flesh Perspective: Alexa Meade article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/03\/23\/AR2010032303850.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Flesh Perspective&#8230;&#8221;<\/a> by Dan Zak for <em>The Washington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>What is uncommon in her work is that her canvas is the human body. That is, she paints directly on human subjects, who sit in a setting that also may be painted to give the living subject and space a painterly, almost other-wordly perspective. Real life becomes the painting. This may be traditional trompe l&#8217;oeil reversed? Not trying to replicate what is there but painting on what is there. As a decorative painter and one who paints some <a title=\"Examples of trompe l'oeil painting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/murals\/fauxhousetrompeloeil.html\" target=\"_blank\">trompe l&#8217;oeil<\/a>, I can appreciate her work &#8212; not saying I necessarily like it but I can say this of other painters as well. Her work definitely fools the eye and the viewers and flips traditional painting on its head or at least skin, any way. I like this innovative aspect; even though, I find the feel of her work harsh and a bit seedy and unsettling.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of her self portraits. Not quite sure how she painted herself, except with a mirror and have to give her credit, that would be hard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/04\/self-portrait-1_alexameade.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1458\" title=\"self-portrait-1_Alexa Meade. Photo credit Linda Davidson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/04\/self-portrait-1_alexameade.jpg\" alt=\"self-portrait-1_Alexa Meade. Photo credit Linda Davidson\" width=\"451\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/self-portrait-1_alexameade.jpg 451w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/self-portrait-1_alexameade-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/04\/self-portrait2-alexa-meade.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1459\" title=\"self-portrait 2-alexa-meade\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/04\/self-portrait2-alexa-meade.jpg\" alt=\"self-portrait 2-alexa-meade\" width=\"228\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of her subjects on the Metro. I don&#8217;t know which I&#8217;d rather see, this below or <a title=\"Previous post on Monsters in your Mind\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=1336\" target=\"_blank\">this&#8230;on the Metro<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/04\/natura-morta-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1460\" title=\"natura-morta-1: Still Life on the Move by Alexa Meade\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/04\/natura-morta-1.jpg\" alt=\"natura-morta-1: Still Life on the Move by Alexa Meade\" width=\"500\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/natura-morta-1.jpg 589w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/natura-morta-1-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of her subjects in a gallery setting. I like the wall:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/04\/natura-morta-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1461\" title=\"natura-morta-2: Still Life on the Move by Alexa Meade\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/04\/natura-morta-2.jpg\" alt=\"natura-morta-2: Still Life on the Move by Alexa Meade\" width=\"500\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/natura-morta-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/natura-morta-2-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just for kicks, I&#8217;m throwing in one of my miniature <a title=\"Samples of traditional trompe l'oeil\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/murals\/fauxhousetrompeloeil.html\" target=\"_blank\">trompe l&#8217;oeil paintings<\/a> for traditional trompe l&#8217;oeil sake. More can be seen via the link.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Trompe l'oeil on Casart website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/murals\/fauxhousetrompeloeil.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1462\" title=\"nola_matches painting and photo by C. Ashley Spencer. ArtisEverywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/04\/nola_matches72dpi4433.jpg\" alt=\"nola_matches painting and photo by C. Ashley Spencer. ArtisEverywhere\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/nola_matches72dpi4433.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/nola_matches72dpi4433-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an interesting story about Alexa Meade, a fairly new artist on the scene, who is gaining recognition quickly and was profiled recently in an article, &#8220;Flesh Perspective&#8230;&#8221; by Dan Zak for The Washington Post. What is uncommon in her work is that her canvas is the human body. That is, she paints directly on human subjects, who sit in a setting that also may be painted to give the living subject and space a painterly, almost other-wordly perspective. Real life becomes the painting. This may be traditional trompe l&#8217;oeil reversed? Not trying to replicate what is there but painting on what is there. As a decorative painter and one who paints some trompe l&#8217;oeil, I can appreciate her work &#8212; not saying I necessarily like it but I can say this of other painters as well. Her work definitely fools the eye and the viewers and flips traditional painting on its head or at least skin, any way. I like this innovative aspect; even though, I find the feel of her work harsh and a bit seedy and unsettling. Here are some of her self portraits. Not quite sure how she painted herself, except with a mirror and have to give her credit, that would be hard. One of her subjects on the Metro. I don&#8217;t know which I&#8217;d rather see, this below or this&#8230;on the Metro: One of her subjects in a gallery setting. I like the wall: Just for kicks, I&#8217;m throwing in one of my miniature trompe l&#8217;oeil paintings for traditional trompe l&#8217;oeil sake. 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