https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages.html "Allison creates (collages with) this beautiful modeling to create a dimensionality with subtle tones of shadows and light and different hues of color. To see it in person is even more stunning." Jennifer Hardin, Chief Curator, St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts Collage Artist Statement I am creating a visual vibration. The vital, active, and illimitable energy of these collages expresses a life force that permeates and integrates all things.  The visual language of my collage technique expresses my belief that we are all one.  As I make these collages, I can feel the figure emerge from the environment and simultaneously melt back into it.  My desire is to expose the unseen, to open and allow the poignancy of a particular moment to bloom.  What is it that changes us, affects us, makes our lives rich and real and memorable?  What is that moment we can’t describe, those feelings that defy definition?  Our lives are impacted, but we can’t explain it - not with words. In this series, I have chosen the female form to represent an intrinsic energy and intelligence that is present everywhere.  The Feminine.  Fluid. Emotional. Grounded. Generous.  Full of life and light.  She is the healer, the seductress, the great Mother, Eve.  She births all things, receives all things, and connects us to each other. She is not afraid.  Strong, unguarded, accepting, and absolutely connected to life, she welcomes the world.  Standing alone, saturated in vibrancy, she embodies the possibility of our hearts' desire.  She could not exist without the world around her, and the world would not be the same without her presence. The moment when energy and experience and spirit coalesce, creating transformation, is the moment I seek to reveal, the possibility for wholeness, healing, union and ultimately freedom in this life. Allison Massari To Purchase Signed Art Prints by Allison Massari Please Visit Our Online Store: Click Here https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages.html#0 4a1dd157-e3e3-4f65-af18-bf07dbc75cd3 https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/InTheLight1/thumb.jpg https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/InTheLight1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 15px; " class="style_7">“In The Light”</span><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_16">27” x 35”</p></div></div> https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages.html#1 c2312321-4f53-41df-a354-34148710e85e https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/TheHealer1/thumb.jpg https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/TheHealer1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 15px; " class="style_7">“The Healer”</span><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_16">40” x 32”</p></div></div> https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages.html#2 edf30938-6c06-46be-9c2e-eebfe07ba8f7 https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/WomanInTheLight%28Final1%29/thumb.jpg https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/WomanInTheLight%28Final1%29/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 14px; " class="style_5">“Woman in the Light”</span><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_16">13.5” x 15”</p></div></div> https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages.html#3 2cce2144-7c62-486a-a3ad-cbe8f1a2e9dc https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/Opening1/thumb.jpg https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/Opening1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_17">“Opening”<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_16">22” x 31”</p></div></div> https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages.html#4 0503353f-00d9-42fa-805a-a30313f638b9 https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/photo/thumb.jpg https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/photo/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_16"><span class="style_11">“Moment”</span><span style="line-height: 16px; " class="style_12"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_16">16.25” x 14”</p></div></div> https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages.html#5 08ba97e9-7f2b-4a0d-b1f9-a47e16a66004 https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/Screen%20Shot%202013-07-29%20at%203.06.02%20PM/thumb.jpg https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/Screen%20Shot%202013-07-29%20at%203.06.02%20PM/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_18">“In The Light”<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_18">(Detail)</p></div></div> https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages.html#6 193fa75f-947f-4d27-a565-d5a04fd121bf https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/Eve/thumb.jpg https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/Eve/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 15px; " class="style_7">“Eve”</span><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_16">39.5” x 31.5”</p></div></div> https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages.html#7 53418334-5ec9-474d-803c-15ab49bf88da https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/TheGift%28sphere%29/thumb.jpg https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/TheGift%28sphere%29/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 15px; " class="style_7">“The Gift”</span><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_16">24” x 34”</p></div></div> https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages.html#8 ceb87b2b-6585-4032-b599-f9cc093a51f8 https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/Woman%20in%20Red/thumb.jpg https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/Woman%20in%20Red/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 15px; " class="style_7">“Merging”</span><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_16">15” x 16”</p></div></div> https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages.html#9 c494c3e8-b54d-4bfb-b4a1-9b853fa26872 https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/Eve%28Detail%29/thumb.jpg https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/Eve%28Detail%29/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_17">“Eve” <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 15px; " class="style_7">(Detail)</span></p></div></div> https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages.html#10 18b69eb4-26ac-42c8-8a5c-5cc58a4622dd https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/DSCN2662/thumb.jpg https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/DSCN2662/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 15px; " class="style_7">“Beloved”</span><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_16">33” x 29.5”</p></div></div> https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages.html#11 4d462a89-1e59-4c1b-bf2c-9af0dd415db8 https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/RecliningNude/thumb.jpg https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/RecliningNude/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 15px; " class="style_7">“Odalisque”</span><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_16">40” x 32”</p></div></div> https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages.html#12 303f73bd-ec41-47bf-ad3f-e77738b17b72 https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/RecliningNude%28Detail%29/thumb.jpg https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/RecliningNude%28Detail%29/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 15px; " class="style_7">“Odalisque”</span><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 15px; " class="style_7">(Detail)</span></p></div></div> https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages.html#13 01b1e33b-9255-4819-be5c-4393c06bcc1c https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/Woman%20with%20Roses%20in%20Her%20Hair/thumb.jpg https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/Woman%20with%20Roses%20in%20Her%20Hair/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 15px; " class="style_7">“Woman with Roses in Her Hair”</span><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_16">24” x 30”</p></div></div> https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages.html#14 f8bd0f0c-b952-4a4d-a159-041e07c91a62 https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/scan-13/thumb.jpg https://massarifinearts.com/MFA/Collages_files/Media/scan-13/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 15px; " class="style_7">“Reclined”</span><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_16">20” x 14”</p></div></div>