About the Artist
Allison Lasley
1948–2004
Allison Lasley was born in Chicago but grew up in San Francisco where she attended California College of Arts and Crafts, and later spent much of her time in New York City. The work of this artist takes the form of a visual journal, with series of small square watercolours of standard size, almost like cards in a rolodex, which may incorporate cuttings, clippings and other materials embedded in layers of paint, plaster, and wax. The artist received an artist residency at the American Academy in Rome, Italy, where she produced her Rome Journals. Later, over a five-year period, she spent time in the Cayman Islands where she created her Cayman Series, comprising several hundred pieces which featured in a 2006 solo exhibition at the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands.
