Alyssa Fiumara
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Artist Statement
Through painting I depict a mixture of self portraiture and the personification of vessels and leaves. I use these paintings to express the paranoia that comes along with anxiety and depression. Sometimes the anxiety is more subtle, other times it feels like it's all consuming. I use eyes as motifs in my work to convey a sense of staring.
I use paintings as a form of self reflection and experimentation. I use myself to convey messages about anxiety because I have firsthand experience with how it feels. Depicting myself in my paintings whether abstract or representational is important to my work. It makes how I paint more personal. Working large allows experimentation with oil paint, gamsol and other materials like wax medium. I use bright colors and neons to oppose the subtle violence of decapitated bodies and heads. From these body parts comes whimsical leaves. These leaves often have gamsol drips personifying and activating them.
![Anxiety Leaves with Human Body](_images/01_alyssafiumara-660x589.jpg)
Anxiety Leaves // Oil Paint, Oil Stick // 5 feet 5 inches x 6 feet
![Table with a bright window behind it. You can see two hands on the table and a head vessel with personified eye leaves growing from it.](_images/02_alyssafiumara-660x489.jpg)
Hands on the Table // Oil Paint, Oil Stick // 30 x 40 inches
![Leaf Growing inside human](_images/03_alyssafiumara-660x518.jpg)
Anxiety Leaves II // Oil Paint, Oil Stick // 44 x 50 inches
![detail of Tryptic of the human body.](_images/04_alyssafiumara-660x877.jpg)
Body Study I // Oil Paint, acrylic // 16 x 24 inches
![Human Body Oil Paint](_images/05_alyssafiumara-660x890.jpg)
Body Study II // Oil Paint, acrylic // 16 x 24 inches
![Naked Body Study](_images/06_alyssafiumara-660x888.jpg)
Body Study III // Oil Paint, acrylic // 16 x 24 inches
![Nude painting of the artist.](_images/07_alyssafiumara-660x416.jpg)
Vulnerability // Oil paint, acrylic // 4 feet x 6 feet 4inches