“My oil paintings center on the nude female form, with a particular focus on the natural curves of the body and hands. These works are shaped by my experiences with visibility, societal expectations, and the emotional complexity that comes from the push and pull between being seen and wanting to disappear, the pressure to perform, and the quiet negotiations we make between comfort, shame, and self-acceptance. Through gesture and form, I explore the quiet tensions we carry—between vulnerability and control, softness and strength—and the stories that live just beneath the surface of how we present ourselves.”

Allison received her BFA from Spring Hill College and attended graduate school at New York University and Long Island University where she obtained a MFA degree in Fine Arts with a concentration in painting. She creates full-time in her Knoxville studio and paints murals within the Knoxville area. Her work has been shown in numerous galleries throughout the United States and she has exhibited internationally in galleries in Seoul, South Korea. Select pieces of her work are on permanent display at the Osceola Center for the Arts in Kissimmee, Florida and at the RCA Gallery in Washington, DC. She is a member of the Portrait Society of America and the Arts and Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville.