https://alexisjanay.art/theartist daily 0.75 2026-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c854bfa0b77bdeada832629/3a6f6de7-efa4-452d-bda0-d0e1a596d153/IMG_0375.jpg The Artist - Artist Bio Alexis Janay is a Maryland-based contemporary figurative artist whose work explores ancestry, identity, and inherited memory through portraiture. Drawing inspiration from family, community, and everyday life, she creates paintings that celebrate the beauty and dignity of ordinary people while examining the ways culture, memory, and lineage continue to shape our lives. Janay combines painting with materials such as gold leaf, textiles, and beaded embroidery to create richly layered portraits that merge contemporary portraiture with influences from Byzantine iconography. Through vibrant color, ornamental pattern, and symbolic forms, she presents everyday individuals with reverence, inviting viewers to reflect on the spiritual and emotional connections that bind generations together. https://alexisjanay.art/contact daily 0.75 2026-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c854bfa0b77bdeada832629/c6af2cd4-2aef-4a27-8354-052b6db24c38/IMG_0375.jpg https://alexisjanay.art/paintings daily 1.0 2026-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c854bfa0b77bdeada832629/6019a61d-721c-4270-9914-4f0db884606f/Untitled+design.jpg Paintings "Beautiful One" 2026 Oil on Canvas 30 x 40 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c854bfa0b77bdeada832629/61588b0c-2d51-4c86-b740-a75a4d3de1cb/Untitled+%281600+x+1200+px%29+%281%29.jpg Paintings "Carried...So She May Bloom" 2026 Acrylic on Canvas 36 x 20 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c854bfa0b77bdeada832629/1784760004508-HD8IB1TZB7P15TUPGRM4/Untitled%25252Bdesign%25252B%252525283%25252529.jpg Paintings "Kietha" 2026 Oil on Canvas 30 x 40 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c854bfa0b77bdeada832629/e77faac9-4ff0-4472-8ab2-59fe507c40c3/Untitled+%28800+x+800+px%29.png Paintings "Mother's Cloth" 2024 Acrylic, gold leaf on Canvas 40 x 40 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c854bfa0b77bdeada832629/1784780461348-BBIF5OJCK8K4VD3K39I1/Facetune_03-08-2024-23-02-44.jpg Paintings "Where Memory Flowers" 2024 Acrylic on Canvas 18 x 24 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c854bfa0b77bdeada832629/1784781196983-SJGW7RNXTJRAN6VNBGWA/ZoElle77.jpg Paintings "Zoelle" 2024 Acrylic on Canvas 20 x 30 in https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c854bfa0b77bdeada832629/df7e500f-bf1a-47b9-9c95-343c029e3b92/playlist.m3u8 https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c854bfa0b77bdeada832629/df7e500f-bf1a-47b9-9c95-343c029e3b92/thumbnail Paintings Paintings https://alexisjanay.art/aboutthework daily 0.75 2026-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c854bfa0b77bdeada832629/b6c18ea7-95d6-424e-8571-1573184d9101/Untitled+%28800+x+800+px%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c854bfa0b77bdeada832629/641b6d24-cce2-41c5-8c7e-0f8fef96821d/IMG_0320.jpg https://alexisjanay.art/the-light-we-carry daily 0.75 2026-07-23