2024 | Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Canvas | Original Framed Painting
Some girls are born to keep moving. Others occasionally need to sit still and dream about where they're going.
In Dreaming, contemporary artist Alissa Van Atta captures a quiet moment of introspection through a playful combination of vintage-inspired imagery, bold graphic pattern, and expressive figurative painting.
At the center of the composition, a blonde woman crouches in a thoughtful pose, resting her chin against her hand. Dressed in a deep red sleeveless top, pale blue shorts, and striped athletic socks, she balances on a pair of retro roller skates with bright pink wheels and vivid orange laces.
Her relaxed posture contrasts with the promise of movement suggested by the skates. Rather than racing forward, she appears suspended in a private moment of contemplation, her attention directed somewhere beyond the immediate scene.
Behind her, alternating vertical stripes of warm coral pink and muted slate blue create a bold, graphic backdrop. Loose clusters of pink roses and deep green foliage interrupt the regular pattern, introducing a touch of romance and painterly spontaneity.
The juxtaposition of athletic imagery and delicate flowers creates an engaging tension between activity and stillness, youthful energy and quiet reflection, the freedom of movement and the pleasure of imagination.
The woman's face is rendered with minimal features, including a single prominent eye framed by a dark circular outline. This unusual treatment makes her expression difficult to interpret, allowing viewers to imagine the thoughts and emotions occupying her attention.
The title Dreaming suggests an inner world that remains inaccessible to the viewer. Is she remembering something, imagining a different future, or simply escaping into the comfort of her own thoughts?
Van Atta's combination of acrylic and oil pastel moves between precise graphic forms and expressive painted passages. The controlled vertical stripes contrast with the organic irregularity of the roses, while the stylized figure bridges these competing visual languages.
Part of Van Atta's Paper Dolls & Perfect Walls collection, Dreaming explores the relationship between feminine identity, decorative surroundings, and the private lives that exist beneath carefully constructed appearances.
Colorful, nostalgic, and quietly introspective, the painting celebrates the imaginative freedom of allowing one's mind to wander—even when the rest of the world expects forward motion.
Because sometimes the most important journeys begin before we ever move an inch.
Artist: Alissa Van Atta
Title: Dreaming
Year: 2024
Medium: Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Canvas
Canvas Dimensions: 12 H × 12 W × 0.75 D inches
Framed Dimensions: 13 H × 13 W × 1.5 D inches
Original: One-of-a-kind painting
Signed: Yes
Presentation: Framed
Collection: Paper Dolls & Perfect Walls
Price: $600
Status: Available
Location: Artist's inventory
Original artwork by Alissa Van Atta, sold framed. Insured shipping is available with protective packaging appropriate for an original work of art.
2024 | Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Canvas | Original Framed Painting
Some girls are born to keep moving. Others occasionally need to sit still and dream about where they're going.
In Dreaming, contemporary artist Alissa Van Atta captures a quiet moment of introspection through a playful combination of vintage-inspired imagery, bold graphic pattern, and expressive figurative painting.
At the center of the composition, a blonde woman crouches in a thoughtful pose, resting her chin against her hand. Dressed in a deep red sleeveless top, pale blue shorts, and striped athletic socks, she balances on a pair of retro roller skates with bright pink wheels and vivid orange laces.
Her relaxed posture contrasts with the promise of movement suggested by the skates. Rather than racing forward, she appears suspended in a private moment of contemplation, her attention directed somewhere beyond the immediate scene.
Behind her, alternating vertical stripes of warm coral pink and muted slate blue create a bold, graphic backdrop. Loose clusters of pink roses and deep green foliage interrupt the regular pattern, introducing a touch of romance and painterly spontaneity.
The juxtaposition of athletic imagery and delicate flowers creates an engaging tension between activity and stillness, youthful energy and quiet reflection, the freedom of movement and the pleasure of imagination.
The woman's face is rendered with minimal features, including a single prominent eye framed by a dark circular outline. This unusual treatment makes her expression difficult to interpret, allowing viewers to imagine the thoughts and emotions occupying her attention.
The title Dreaming suggests an inner world that remains inaccessible to the viewer. Is she remembering something, imagining a different future, or simply escaping into the comfort of her own thoughts?
Van Atta's combination of acrylic and oil pastel moves between precise graphic forms and expressive painted passages. The controlled vertical stripes contrast with the organic irregularity of the roses, while the stylized figure bridges these competing visual languages.
Part of Van Atta's Paper Dolls & Perfect Walls collection, Dreaming explores the relationship between feminine identity, decorative surroundings, and the private lives that exist beneath carefully constructed appearances.
Colorful, nostalgic, and quietly introspective, the painting celebrates the imaginative freedom of allowing one's mind to wander—even when the rest of the world expects forward motion.
Because sometimes the most important journeys begin before we ever move an inch.
Artist: Alissa Van Atta
Title: Dreaming
Year: 2024
Medium: Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Canvas
Canvas Dimensions: 12 H × 12 W × 0.75 D inches
Framed Dimensions: 13 H × 13 W × 1.5 D inches
Original: One-of-a-kind painting
Signed: Yes
Presentation: Framed
Collection: Paper Dolls & Perfect Walls
Price: $600
Status: Available
Location: Artist's inventory
Original artwork by Alissa Van Atta, sold framed. Insured shipping is available with protective packaging appropriate for an original work of art.
