Late Autumn Flicker, d. 2020, watercolor on paper, 17 x 11 inches
23. Page Allen (b.1951) "Late Autumn Flicker," d.2020, watercolor on paper, 17 x 11 inches
December 23, 2020
Page Allen (b. 1951)
December 23, 2020
Greatly influenced by early modernist aesthetics, Allen’s paintings are replete with symbolism and complex layers of meaning. Beyond their immediate, if often elusive, subject matter, Allen’s multivalent works are bold and, at times, transgressive studies in color, form, and space—always pointing, pondering, probing. “I realize that all ... my painting is a kind of storytelling. ... [T]here is always a sense of a journey unfolding, of revelation impending, of something about to happen.” In Allen’s compositions— simultaneously simple and complex, characterized by realism and abstraction—there is always more than meets the eye. Allen’s work is represented in numerous private and public collections, including the Albuquerque Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, NM; the Temple Center for Contemporary Art in Temple, TX; the Pepsi Cola/Frito Lay Corporation, and the Telecommunications France Corporation in New York. She has also written and illustrated children’s books.
