Into the Netherworld

Jennybird Alcantara's minutely detailed oil paintings possess un-borrowed symbolism, drawing the viewer deeply into a world both strange and beautiful. Dreamlike narratives form the core her paintings where the complex interconnectedness of opposites appear through the prism of myth, fable and fantasy. Jennybird uses the symbolism of duality to explore the connection of life and death and the veil in between. Jennybird lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Her artwork has appeared in books such as the Hi Fructose Box Set, Ideafixa Greatest Hits, The Age of Feminine Drawing, as well as several publications, including Hi Fructose, Juxtapoz, Raw Vision, Inked Magazine and Art Doll Quarterly magazines.