Cypress medium each work contains an element

each work contains an element of the supernaturally surreal

On her recent work- Urban Jungle- Alves focuses on current social and cultural issues

She spent her childhood and teen years adoring graphite and pen mediums (but being very suspicious of paints) until she discovered painting in early 2009

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

the spell is broken

Cypress medium each work contains an elementDetails About Artist Bio Shipping 8 x 10 inches 2014 Oil on Vintage Book A great deal of my creative energy is focused on developing a visual language that uses elements of both realism and abstraction to describe a subject. Our Ghosts Are Hungry, How About You? is a series of narrative paintings on childhood. Visually, these images explore the dissonance that arises when realism is paired with the abbreviation and exaggeration of form. Matthew