The Art of Alyssa Monks.
Selected oil paintings by Alyssa Monks. The selection shows very realistic portrait paintings of bathing or showering women. The viewer is intrigued by the artistic effect of wet skin and hair immersed in water or faces behind dripping and smeared glass. Alyssa Monks is an American artist who started to paint in her childhood. After studying at The New School in New York and Montclair State University, she earned a Bachelor of Arts from Boston College in 1999.
![Tonic - oil painting on linen by Alyssa Monks, 2011 Tonic - oil painting on linen by Alyssa Monks, 2011](http://weandthecolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Tonic-oil-painting-on-linen-by-Alyssa-Monks-2011.jpg)
![Comply - oil painting on panel by Alyssa Monks, 2013 Comply - oil painting on panel by Alyssa Monks, 2013](http://weandthecolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Comply-oil-painting-on-panel-by-Alyssa-Monks-2013.jpg)
![Reserve oil painting on linen by Alyssa Monks, 2011 Reserve oil painting on linen by Alyssa Monks, 2011](http://weandthecolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Reserve-oil-painting-on-linen-by-Alyssa-Monks-2011.jpg)
![Scab - oil painting on linen by Alyssa Monks, 2013 Scab - oil painting on linen by Alyssa Monks, 2013](http://weandthecolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Scab-oil-painting-on-linen-by-Alyssa-Monks-2013.jpg)
![Scream - oil painting on linen by Alyssa Monks, 2010 Scream - oil painting on linen by Alyssa Monks, 2010](http://weandthecolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Scream-oil-painting-on-linen-by-Alyssa-Monks-2010.jpg)
![Squeeze - Study from 2012 - oil painting on panel by Alyssa Monks Squeeze - Study from 2012 - oil painting on panel by Alyssa Monks](http://weandthecolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Squeeze-Study-from-2012-oil-painting-on-panel-by-Alyssa-Monks.jpg)
![Swipe - Study from 2012 -oil painting on panel by Alyssa Monks Swipe - Study from 2012 -oil painting on panel by Alyssa Monks](http://weandthecolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Swipe-Study-from-2012-oil-painting-on-panel-by-Alyssa-Monks.jpg)
![Tell - oil painting on panel by Alyssa Monks, 2011 Tell - oil painting on panel by Alyssa Monks, 2011](http://weandthecolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Tell-oil-painting-on-panel-by-Alyssa-Monks-2011.jpg)
![Trust - oil painting on linen by Alyssa Monks, 2010 Trust - oil painting on linen by Alyssa Monks, 2010](http://weandthecolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Trust-oil-painting-on-linen-by-Alyssa-Monks-2010.jpg)