"Did ya see that hawk after those hens? He scared 'em! That Rhode Island Red turned white, then blue. Rhode Island, red white and blue! That's a joke, son, a flag-waver! You're built too low. The fast ones go over your head. Ya got a hole in your glove. I keep pitchin' 'em and you keep missin' 'em! Ya gotta keep your eye on the ball! Eye. Ball. Eyeball! I almost had a gag, son--a joke, that is!"
-Foghorn Leghorn.
About Me:
I like to paint and I like to draw. My husband plays with electricity. We have a shaky Chihuahua named Chiquita. We have two old cats named Jasmine and Sylvester. We live in a tiny old doll house on top of a hill in south Seattle. Here are some unimportant things you might want to know about me:
favorite foods: vegetables, fruits, creatures that live in the water(no octopus or squid though), spicy foods
un-favorite foods: almost all mushrooms but especially portabella, beef, chicken fat and skin gross!
favorite drinks: water, tea, tequila
music: just about anything that isnt country although I love Dolly Parton
Im very shy, I dont really like sleeping, someday I want to live somewhere warm and sunny, I love Harry Potter and Star Trek, I collect dead bugs and other things like stones and plant skeletons, hmm...Ill post more random stuff here later Im going to go have a quesadilla right now...also my favorite taco sauce is the green La Victoria
Artist Statement:
I have been creating art all my life. My dad is also an artist so I was exposed to art as a young child and was always encouraged in any creative endeavor. Honestly I cant imagine doing anything else with my life. Art is my main passion. If I'm not painting I'm thinking about painting.
I would have to say that my work focuses around the fantasy realm. I am very influenced by fairy tales, nursery rhymes, symbolism and my own dreams. I have extremely vivid nightmares and dreams. A lot of the themes and symbols from my dream world make their way into my artwork. Sometimes though I just like to paint something that makes me happy and doesn't really have any deep meaning, just depends on my mood. Of course I am influenced by tons of other things like the natural world, music, poetry, fashion, popular culture, foreign cultures etc.
Primarily I use acrylics thinned with water and paint in thin layers. Sometimes I also work with watercolor, ink or just pencil. I paint on many different surfaces such as canvas, wood, hardboard panels, and paper. Really it just depends on what I feel like using or what idea I have for a specific painting. My favorite surface to paint on is the perfectly smooth hard board, I think it works best for my painting technique.
Bio:
Alexandria is a self taught artist living in Skyway Washington with her husband and three furballs. She works on her art career full time from her home studio and travels locally and around the US doing conventions and art/craft shows. Her work has been featured in a book titled Big Eye Art Resurrected and Transformed by Blonde Blythe and more recently in the Mystical Realm group show at Happy Delusions.
