Untitled

Language echoes and reverberates throughout Alina Perkins's recent paintings, where poetic fragments appear across multiple canvases. In this untitled work, the phrase "Slammed Eyelids" is scrawled across the surface, evoking both the physical sensation of anger and a refusal to look. The text establishes a tension between language and image that animates the painting. Perkins has described painting as a sustained emotional outburst culminating in a "desperate climax." Built through layers of gesture and revision, the work's surface gives material form to that psychological intensity.

Year: 2026

Material: Oil on linen

Dimensions: W 30 x D 1 ½ x H 30 in