"In Stillness" is an original oil painting signed by the American artist Alayna Rose. While most of her work is purely abstract, with built-up layers of brightly colored paint, this painting is a rare example of her work in figuration. In the image, against a field of salmon red, two silhouettes of birds emerge from either side of the canvas. The birds appear like a subtle shadow, an effect created by applying the paint to the surface and then wiping it away, leaving them transparent and revealing the red ground. The field of red itself is broken in places, revealing the blue underlayer of the image and thus the artist's tactile working technique. The artist signed this piece in the lower right, as well as titled and dated piece on the reverse.

Artwork Size: 30" x 24"

Artist Bio:

Alayna Rose is a painter, jewelry designer and former illustrator. Her paintings are abstract, painterly, and in vibrant color. They teeter between figuration and pure non-representation, following in the legacy of the Abstract Expressionists of the mid-twentieth century. Indeed, she studied with Kenn Kwint, a nationally recognized Wisconsin painter, as well as Gary Rosine, former department chair of Cardinal Stritch University’s Visual Studies Program. She was also mentored by one of Wisconsin’s most celebrated sculptors - Mary Nohl. Her paintings and watercolors have been shown at several Midwestern institutions and she is represented by the David Barnett Gallery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Her fashion jewelry has been featured in exclusive boutiques from Hawaii to the East Coast. In 1987 she was featured as an outstanding new designer in Accessories Magazine. Her copper enameled designs have been exhibited in shows in New York City, Chicago and other major venues in the United States. Between 1990-2007 she was Vice President of a design company that specialized in illustrations for patent applications, trademarks and technical art.