Painting
Concrete Block
Have you ever been working and get stuck and not know the next steps? This painting represents creative blocks and how we grow to overcome them. The colours are important to this piece because they mimic a concrete planter in the city. The grey... More
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Did it Change?
This painting was intended as an optical illusion. It's suppose to make the viewer try to identify the marks as paint stokes or wood grain. This is a trick because the entire panel is painted. This entire year has felt like a bad trick starting... More
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Friends with the Monsters
I've learned to make peace with my anxieties and doubts. It's difficult to not listen to those little voices inside your head. But it's easier to tell a friend that you need a positive environment to flourish. In this painting, I discuss the... More
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She's Growing
This painting is a self reflection on how to take accountability for your actions and grow from your experiences. I am constantly growing and learning. I decide to mix textiles and paint together to create a dialogue between natural and synthetic.... More
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The Garden
This painting reflects the garden that I tended to this summer. I built a planter with my dad to hold the vegetables that were going to feed our family. I planted peppers and onions as the basis for the dishes that we prepared. Tending to a garden... More
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The Shadows
The shadows of doubt and anxiety were heavily present in the beginning of COVID-19. The arts seemed to be deemed non-essential but it was essential to me. If I do not create I lose who I am. I self identify as a maker, creator, researcher, and... More
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Tuck Me In
My great grandmother taught my grandmother and my mother how to knit. I taught myself to knit for my thesis project and decided to stretch a piece of knitted fabric. I call this a painting because that is what it is. I understand that it is made of... More
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Walnuts and Olives
This painting is made with homemade walnut ink. Nicole Collins, a thesis professor at OCAD University, taught our class how to make Black Walnut Ink. Collins recommended the book "Make Ink" by Jason Logan, where Logan provides recipes to creating... More
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you can't leave this section blank
Online forms for submissions and job posts can be extremely frustrating, especially during a local pandemic. This painting is a reaction to filling out online forms and having an error occur because "you can't leave this section blank". Sometimes I... More
Work by
Alysha Rocca
Visual Arts
“Materials have become my main artery for the body of work created in 2019-2020. Working with the themes of: body, brain, generational history, feminism and creativity. I have found comfort in...” [More]