Allison Merriweather: A Suite of Images
Slipshod Eve“Slipshod Eve” doesn’t give a damn what anyone thinks. If she fell from paradise, it was only because there was a good time waiting beyond Eden.
oil on paper 
Free Spirit“Free Spirit” is about freedom through connections. The more connected we are to the natural world, the freer we feel to move through it. This mixed media incorporates images of the butterfly migrations and cool waters of the Pacific that defined my childhood. Like the butterflies we are fragile creatures with only a short time to make the most of every day.
mixed media on paper 
Manatee Dreams“Manatee Dreams” is about the peace I feel in water. Manatees embrace the serenity and slow purpose of the ocean in a way I’ve always found inspiring. They are the soul of the sea.
oil on paper |
The Bride of Tranquility“The Bride of Tranquility” is married to the sea. I have always had a close connection to water. Swimming in the water of a place, be it the Pacific of my childhood or the dangerous but beautiful Red Sea, bonds you to it in a way nothing else can.
oil on paper 
The Wanderer“The Wanderer” was done after I traveled through Nepal just before the earthquake in 2014. On a truly transformative journey, landscape and traveler merge into one. The letters symbolize an important connection to home.
mixed media on paper 
Vegetarian Heaven“Vegetarian Heaven” is a very personal work I completed after my sister Diana passed away in 1997. Her illness made her feel a close kinship with all living creatures, which led to her becoming a vegetarian and tireless supporter of animals. In heaven, we are surrounded by those we loved in life.
oil on paper |
About the author
Allison Merriweather is a true “outsider” artist. She is compelled to paint by a force she does not understand. She uses symbolism, often repeated across various works, in both large and small ways. The ferocious animals in many of her works are an obvious theme; the little green grasshopper which hops among many of her canvases is a less obvious one.
Allison Merriweather is a dreamer and a visionary. Her highly charged, instantly recognizable style has gained wide acclaim among the viewing public. Reality is rearranged and transformed in her mind into intensely personal visions which she then transfers to canvas with directness, freshness, and a “passionate uniqueness” as one critic put it, obeying no rules but those of her imagination. Allison’s paintings possess a mysterious poetry. Above all she is a masterful storyteller, putting elements within our grasp and counting on the viewer to draw the correct conclusions.
Learn more about Allison and her work here.
Allison Merriweather is a dreamer and a visionary. Her highly charged, instantly recognizable style has gained wide acclaim among the viewing public. Reality is rearranged and transformed in her mind into intensely personal visions which she then transfers to canvas with directness, freshness, and a “passionate uniqueness” as one critic put it, obeying no rules but those of her imagination. Allison’s paintings possess a mysterious poetry. Above all she is a masterful storyteller, putting elements within our grasp and counting on the viewer to draw the correct conclusions.
Learn more about Allison and her work here.