Description
‘The Empress’ by Alexandra Verhoven
Artist: Alexandra Verhoven
Title: ‘The Empress’
Medium: Oil and 24k gold leaf on panel
Dimensions: 8″ diameter
Framing: Unframed – Ready to hang (hand gilded edges)
Year of Creation: 2022
About the Artwork:
“THE EMPRESS empowers and inspires through her radiating light. Although meager in size, she makes a powerful impact with highly saturated colors and intense light that is nothing short of eye catching. The 24 karat gold edging and gilded sides evokes the feeling of an ancient relic that should be treasured forever. Welcome The Empress into your life and bask in her warmth for all eternity.” – Alexandra Verhoven
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Alexandra (b. 1994) is an artist based in Toms River, New Jersey.
Alexandra creates oil paintings and mixed media drawings depicting figurative, imaginative realism art. She attempts to give form to things that are insubstantial, such as goals, dreams, and feelings of hope and longing. Elegant characters inhabit ethereal atmospheres that encompass their story. Her use of lighting creates ephemeral scenes that are meant to encourage the viewer to insert their own experiences with fleeting feelings and special moments in their lives.
Her painting technique is inspired by classical methods of oil painting involving a tonal underpainting, and color built up over multiple layers.
Her drawings are mixed media pieces often utilizing graphite, charcoal and pan pastels along with many other experimental mediums.