Alezendria Decking

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Alezendria Decking is a Brazilian-American Artist b. 1997. She received her BFA in Painting at Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA. She is currently based in Richmond, Virginia,

I aim to portray a suggestive reality in my work, hoping to evoke emotion and memories within viewers. I convey an imagery that any person can envision themselves taking part in. The narrative scenes in my paintings are constructed from things I have witnessed that may not hold significance to most. This is because the instances which I find myself observing are often unsolicited; like the facial expression of someone checking their grocery list at a store, or the passing of an object from one set of hands to another. I view the mundanity of many instances as romantic in this way. Can’t anything be a spectacle if you are looking close enough? I bring attention to what may be hidden in plain sight by looking past what is directly in front of me and using that practice to guide my compositions. The cropped compositions in my work encourage viewers to closely analyze the figures’ expressions, therefore experiencing the vulnerability that people face when existing within a crowd or solitude itself.

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