ART TODAY 020918 Five Sisters by Alexandra Dillon
“I love to cook and I’m getting pretty good at Indian food. I really like the tacos from the truck on Rose in Venice, and I enjoy all the restaurants on Sawtelle.”
ART TODAY 020818 Axe by Alexandra Dillon: Passive aggressive behavior or edgy personality
Her portraits on worn paintbrushes are especially charming, however, her work on other found objects, such as axes, cleavers and locks, is more provocative. “The portraits on tools are complex,” she says. “They’re about inner motivations, personal relationships and powerful emotions. They are intended to make you think.”
ART TODAY 020718 Padlock eye by Alexandra Dillon, “We are all in some sort of bondage, usually self-inflicted”
“I’m an L.A. native and I think this is the most creative city in the world. I adore the beach. It’s the very edge of western civilization!”
ART TODAY 020618 Penelope and Hiro: “They just looked so right together”
With the brush portraits, I strive to find character and convey a real sense of the person. The works on tools are more complex and allude to inner motivations and powerful emotions. They are intended to make you think.
ART TODAY 020518 Four ladies by Alexandra Dillon + Acrostic Interview starts today…
A native of Los Angeles, Alexandra Dillon received her B.A. in film from UCLA, then returned to her life-long passion for making art. Her love of Old Master painting led her to study classical realism in Florence, Italy, then New Orleans, LA, finally settling in Venice, CA.
ART TODAY 020418 Get Brushed away with Alexandra Dillon as Artist of the Week! Aren’t they the cutest…
My characters come to me the way a novelist’s characters do: they form themselves through the creative process and tell me who they are. I strive to make each face unique and convey the life that that person has lived, solely through their look and expression.
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