The reputation and role of allegory has fluctuated throughout its long history. It has gone from being a valuable mode of interpretation for poets and philosophers to a manipulation tool for politics and preachers. For the past two centuries, due in part to its insistence on looking backwards and reliance on historical knowledge, allegory was condemned “as aesthetic aberration or the antithesis of art”. However, in the recent past allegory has re-emerged as a viable mode of exploration. This begs the question, what has changed that has allowed allegory to re-emerge? To answer this question a brief look back at the history is required. The goal of this exploration into allegory is to reveal the stimulus for its fluctuation, as well as what makes it still relevant today.
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ArtPrize 2015
This is a 7'x5' Oil on Canvas that will be on display at Devos Convention Center During ArtPrize 7. It is about 75% done. I look forward to getting it framed up.
I think I'm done
Sojourn, Oil on Canvas, 66" x 84", 2015
I believe this painting is finally finished. I hope that Mr. Delacroix is happy with it. It will be on display for my graduate exhibition in May. For me it represents the end of one phase of a long journey and the start of a new one. And so it begins again!
"What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough."
Eugene Delacroix
Life, Oil on paper, 44"x30"
Another Under-painting, Oil on paper, 44"x33"
I think I am going to title this one Flight or Fight.
Magic Box, Oil on Paper, 44" x 30"
This one took on a life of its own. It's not exactly what it started out to be, but that's the magic of painting.
Another start
Oil on paper, underpainting