Alana D'Agostino
Kiss Lock
Painting
2025
Oil on Canvas
36" x 18"
I render the feeling of perception, how it may feel to run down the ridges of an exposed spine; like knuckles on a hand. The appearance of light on skin, the transparency and opacity of flesh; the quietness and stillness associated with looking. It is about silence in perception, the intensity and physicality in an intimate observation; the watching as each vertebrae rises and falls beneath the surface of one’s skin.
Work by
Alana D'Agostino
“Silence is a gift; a mark of affection, an impression on a surface. It is in its stillness, in its mist, where we find ourselves. Open your hands and hold it in your mind. ...” [More]