Alyssa Monks is a creative painter who was born 1977 in Ridgewood, New Jersey. She began oil painting as a child also she studied at The New School in New York and Montclair State University and earned her B.A. from Boston College in 1999. During this time she studied painting at Lorenzo de’Medici in Florence. She went on to earn her M.F.A from the New York Academy of Art, Graduate School of Figurative Art in 2001. She completed an artist in residency at Fullerton College in 2006 and has lectured at universities and institution nation wide. She has taught Flesh Painting at the New York Academy of Art, as well as Montclair State University and the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts.
Alyssa has been awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant for Painting three times and is a member of the New York Academy of Art’s Board of Trustees. Alyssa is currently represented by David Klein Gallery in Birmingham, Michigan. Alyssa currently lives and paints in Brooklyn, New York.
Check out 10 Most Realistic Paintings By Alyssa Monks.


 

10 – Laughing Girl By Alyssa Monks

Laughing Girl Realistic Paintings

09 – Fish By Alyssa Monks

Fish

08 – Fixation By Alyssa Monks

Fixation

07 – Lansing Commission By Alyssa Monks

Lansing Commission

06 –  Risk By Alyssa Monks

Risk

05 – Tonic By Alyssa Monks

Tonic

04 – Weight By Alyssa Monks

Weight

03 – Wake By Alyssa Monks

Wake

02 – Baptism By Alyssa Monks

Baptism

01 – Think By Alyssa Monks

Think

 

 

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