Janet Alling, Beauty and the Beast, 1983, oil on canvas, 57 x 68 inches
New Houston gallery Seven Sisters debuts an exhibition of realist painter Janet Alling’s works from the early 1970s to today. Alling’s ruthless observations of flora and fauna are activated through her dynamic adaptation of realistic painting techniques. Color, scale, and imagination feed her compositions, whether she is working from life or photographs. Alling’s subjects embody “forever-changing nature, making them equal parts character studies and vibrant happenings.” Viewers will recognize the artist’s love of and interest in the natural world and be led to newly appreciate “a category of painting long regarded as decorative and conventional.”
