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  Alyssa Monks “Push” Oil on Canvas 2006

  ALYSSA MONKS (b.1977) USA

  Push 2006

  Oil on canvas

  Signed: Alyssa Monks 2006 (on lower back of canvas)

  Exhibited: DFN Gallery, New York 2006

  Illustrated: American Art Collector, May 2006, p. 155

  H: 30” x W: 56”

  “Push” is somewhat of a response to the long tradition of bathtub paintings where a nude woman is displayed. However, the figure is me, the painter, so that the subject is also the artist, juxtaposing the objectification of women in that tradition. Also, the figure wears a black negligee and red lipstick, white makeup gently drips down the cheek, closing the door on naturalism.

  At the New York Academy of Art, Alyssa Monks studied with Vincent Desiderio, Wade Schuman, Brenda Zlamany, John Jacobsmeyer, Harvey Citron, Deane Keller, Edward Schmidt, Steven Assael, Lisa Bartolozzi, Patrick Connors, Peter Cox, Jon DeMartin, Leonid Lerman, and Hong Nian Zhang. Alyssa’s sensibility of paint and color allows one to be seduced into the illusion of each image. Striving for anatomical and realistic accuracy, it is her intention to elicit a serious confrontation. The work requires attention to detail and a slow and rich execution. It is this artist’s concern to visually relate the contemporary human experience with sensitivity, empathy, and integrity.

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  Nile Behncke “Oshkosh, Wisconsin” Watercolor and pencil on paper c. 1935

  NILE BEHNCKE (1894-1954) USA

  Oshkosh, Wisconsin  c. 1935

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  Painting: H: 20 ¼” x W: 24 ¾”

  Framed: H: 33” x W: 37 1/2”

  Nile Juergen Behncke was a well-known Wisconsin watercolorist and the first director of the Oshkosh Public Museum, from 1924-1954.