THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF ALLISON SCHULNIK  



I first discovered Allison Schulnik's work a few weeks back and it absolutely floored me. Born, 1978, in San Diego, CA. Allison currently resides and works out of Los Angeles, CA. She is a mulitfaceted artist with tallent that litterally oozes out of her onto everyhting she makes. "I allow my imagination to revel in it's own world - where thickly-sculpted oils, earthly fact and blatant fiction collide to form images of tragedy, farce and raw beauty."





long hair hobo #2, oil on canvas, 84" x 68" 2008





garden, oil on canvas, 60" x 72" 2008





chyna, oil on canvas, 14" x 17" 2006





bear, oil on canvas, 68" x 84" 2008





big wolly monkey head, oil on canvas, 60" x 60" 2008





tiger #3, oil on canvas, 48" x 60" 2008



Oil paintings of clowns or hoboes or vaguely yeti-like creatures, sad characters, ravaged animals, and forlorn rejects are all constant themes presented in many of Allison's painitngs.





hobo clown #4 (detail), oil on canvas, 84" x 68" 2008





three girls, oil on canvas, 60" x 72" 2009





three girls (detail)





big monkey head, oil on canvas, 60" x 60" 2008





gold bear, glazed ceramic, 17" x 11" x 9" 2008





gold bear (detail)





1/3 gold nipple man, 9" x 11" x 8", 2008







Allison also collaborated with the band Grizzly Bear in making The 4 minute and 30 second stop-motion video for the song Ready Able. Pretty great stuff, no doubt.





Allison and fox in her studio