Alison Scherr Lookbook
Artist statement
I am a painter interpreting the movement of light and patterns in nature, images unaltered by the human hand. Using a mix of house paint, ink, pastel and spray paint, I create sometimes large scale paintings on drop cloth, plexiglas or sheet metal that are evocative of stopped moments of time.
My process often begins with quickly pulling and dropping paint across the canvas, exploring my wingspan and how I move with the paint. I then layer graphic or symbolic marks to articulate a hidden dialogue in the natural world. My work explores the themes of unspoken language through movement and layering of color. Like nature, my paintings have an element of the unfinished and spontaneous.
Bio
Alison Scherr is a New Jersey based artist with work in private family collections and institutions such as SJG Properties in Washington DC, where a commissioned piece hangs in the lobby of their Southern Building, adjacent to the White House. Scherr has exhibited her work in venues including Riverside Gallery, NJ, The Other Art Fair - Chicago, Bloomfield College Gallery and the Han Horse, NYC. She was a resident at the Vermont Studio Center. Scherr studied photography and received a BFA from Syracuse University. After college, she moved to New York City where she worked as a photographer then segued into a career as a prop stylist, styling sets for clients including Jameson, Conde Nast & Bloomingdales.
Scherr's experience as a stylist enhanced her natural inclination to look beyond the expected. Now a full time painter, Alison uses industrial materials as her canvas, juxtaposing them with natural graphic elements. She interprets the movement of light and patterns in nature, images unaltered by the human hand. Her work contains elements of the unfinished and abstract.
Inquiries
Carrie Alison Maloney
Carrie@carriealisonprojects.com
Carrie Alison Maloney represents Alison Scherr paintings and lifestyle brand. The two have been dear friends since they 1980’s when they were roommates in boarding school. Carrie has been a collector of her work since she was 17.
ULYSSES
Acrylic on canvas
72 x 96”
TIDAL FIELD
Acrylic on canvas
66 x 70”
WAVE RIDER
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
50 x 142”
PLUM, TREE, LAKE
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
48 x 167.5”
MOONBEAM
Acrylic and spray paint on plexiglas
26 x 26”
PORTAL
Acrylic, mica, pastel, spray on canvas
84 x 108”
ORANGE SLICE
60 x 90”
Acrylic, gold leaf, and spray paint on canvas
SO MUCH BIGGER THAN ME
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
54 X 76.5” FRAMED
FALLEN BRANCHES
Ink on linen
78 x 48”
SURE FIRE
Acrylic and spray on canvas
48 x 69”
MOVING WATERS
Acrylic, pastel, pencil and spray paint on canvas
48 x 69”
UNTAMED
Acrylic, gold leaf, ink, pastel, spray paint on canvas
78 X 108”
OUT OF THE WILD
Acrylic, pastel, oil and spray paint on canvas
96 x 120”
BATTLE OF THE TREES
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
48 x 67”
RIVERBANK
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 72”
RAINFIELD
Acrylic, ink, pastel and spray paint on canvas
42 x 60”
OUTLAST
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
18 X 20”
GOLD
Acrylic, gold leaf, and spray paint on canvas
18 x 20”
PURIFIED GOLD
Acrylic and spray on canvas
48 x 69”
RISING
48 x 69”
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
PANTHERA
36 x 36”
Acrylic and pastel on copper
FROM AGES
Acrylic and ink on plexiglass
36 x 36”
WILDERNESS
48 x 48”
Acrylic and ink on aluminum