Evolution
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The stories from outside my life were now making their first appearances; observations on politics and history, along with the factories, smokestacks, more windows, spikes, lots of spikes, ghosts, gravestones, fish and birds. Many of these things have been swimming in and out of my work for years, decades. I was developing metaphor to get into deeper truths.
Above Left: The Angst of Spring, © Alexandria Levin, 1983 – oil on canvas, 32x28"
Above Center: Independence Day, © Alexandria Levin, 1984 – oil on canvas, 28x24"
Above Right: Kissing the Third Rail, © Alexandria Levin, 1984 – oil on canvas, 48x44"
Above Left: The Death of a Ghost, © Alexandria Levin, 1984 – oil on canvas, 46x48" (private collection)
Above Right: The Circulatory System, © Alexandria Levin, 1984 – oil on canvas, 46x44" (private collection)
