ALEXANDRA PENNEY'S extensive body of work includes a variety of subjects, ranging from flowers, vanishing portraits of luminaries in the art world, sex dolls, imprisoned women, at-risk swamps, foreclosed houses, an unholy family and more.
Upon further delving into this wide range of seemingly disparate series, one can see that a consistent through-line in her work is commentary on social awareness, structured on exigent concepts and an ongoing aesthetic of beauty.
Typically her photographs, most of which are large-scale, and digitally manipulated evolve through compound iterations in her search to understand what has drawn her to each respective subject, Recent series are focused on watercolor flowers that slowly morph into abstractions once again exploring the impermanence of the natural world.