Thank You to the Kat Jones OmBody Art Collective Scholarship

 Alexis Smith's love of art and graphic design began as a young child. Her fascination and allure of Ancient Egyptian culture started her down the path of art at an early age. In her high school years she started perfecting her line work and drawing skills doing comic book illustrations. 

Smith's predominant paint medium is Acrylic paint, gold and silver leaf which she uses to rise above simple 2-dimensional flat images into 3 dimensional visceral visual constructs. Her mixed medium approach evokes iconography and almost religious context to the ideas being portrayed in her ancient and modern cultural interpretations. Alexis's lifelong fascination with religious theology and occultism across many different cultures of the world have fed into her art designs and aesthetics. She chooses dark and brooding images that connect on many emotional levels to the observer but also themes of light and ascension to higher plains of consciousness in the images of gods, goddesses and demi-gods portrayed in her work.   

 Jenn has been painting in her current style and making mixed media art since 2019. Spooky Season is her favorite time of year and she's excited to bring some of the darkness out and put it on canvas.  

“Learning about new art techniques is one of my favorite things to do. As an art teacher to students in grades seven through twelve, I must possess a wide range of techniques to keep them interested in art. When I broaden my horizons in art, I have more items in my toolbox to share with my students."

  I have been creating papier mache dolls for the Dark Arts show. The theme for this show corresponds with the work that I was already creating over the summer.  My influences for this include folklore, storytelling, magic, connecting with the earth and witches.