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Jessica Allison-Bourne | “Ophelias Flowers”

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Ophelia is large in the center of the image and is floating in water, wearing a billowing white dress. This image includes art nouveau style framing around Ophelia and the background. In the background is a lake with a large willow tree with a broken branch. The branches of the willow tree are placed so they appear as a continuation of Ophelia's hair that is radiating out around her head. Around her torso is also a round art nouveau frame that includes illustrations of all of the flowers that she gave to others. The colors are bright and warm, and there is a sunset in the sky in the background. A small deer is also laying in the grass in the bottom right foreground.

Jessica Allison-Bourne, "Ophelias Flowers," 2020, acrylic paint and enamel paint, 2' 3" x 3' 6"

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This painting is one in a series of works where I focused on reimagining mythical characters or archetypes in my own original style. In this piece, Ophelia has drowned, and is surrounded by an art nouveau style frame that holds each of the flowers she gave to the other characters in Hamlet, all which symbolize different characteristics and emotions. I focused on creating depth through value while still including an illustrative outline, and I experimented with creating washes with acrylic paints to create a lithographic look.

A man-sized gnome sits on an oversized mushroom cap in the mouth of a dark cave, at the bottom of a grassy slope. In the distance, enormous pink mushrooms stand on long, stilt-like stems, towering halfway up a craggy mountain, carved in the shape of a gnome's bust.

Tony Kane | “Gnome Man’s Land”

Painting divided into three sections: 1) a young Janis Joplin listening to the music that influenced her 2) a 60s rock concert and light show performance with Big Brother and the Holding Company 3) a depiction of Janis found dead in her hotel room in October 1970.

Laurinda Hoffman | “Janis Joplin 1943-1970”