Biography
Alice Whealin is an Arlington, Virginia-based artist who works primarily in ink and watercolor. Whealin has exhibited her artwork extensively in the District of Columbia metropolitan area. and had a work exhibited at the Museo Della Carta in Fabriano, Italy. She has an artwork in the permanent collection of the Museo Della Carta
Whealin has spent six years in a studio residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Arlington, Virginia. She has had numerous solo exhibitions, including at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Arlington,VA the McLean Project for the Arts, George Mason University and the Mezz Gallery@Artisphere. Her most recent exhibition
Ebullience, was at the Fred Schnider Gallery (2024.) Since 2002, Whealin has worked in her Arlington, Virginia studio
StatementWhealin's current paintings explore
emotional and psychological aspects of renewal of the human spirit and ideas of the natural environment as a source of nurture
I make artworks inspired by landscape, human and animal biology. Themes surrounding the survival of the human spirit are also linked to the central role that nature has in my work for many years
By combining gestural drawing, saturated color, and organic forms, I create lively and meticulously structured abstract artworks
I apply ink and watercolor directly onto my surfaces, developing compositions over the course of weeks or months
My practice includes photographing local sky, natural light and landscape elements daily. These images become a source for light, line, form and color in my paintings
The survival of the human spirit continues to be a central theme in my work. Within these serious themes, I strive for an ebullience that offers spiritual renewal
