About the Artist

Allison Turcios is a Little Rock-based, Houston-grown, mixed-media artist specializing in printmaking and painting. She received her MFA from Houston Christian University in 2024 and her BFA at the same university in 2022. 

Her current work focuses on exploring life and death in a personal context viewed through a spiritual lens. She does this by using nature to communicate introspective ideas about seasons of the human experience—often using biblical themes to draw parallels to her life.

Allison is also on faculty at Pulaski Academy as a Middle School Art Teacher, where she leads students to discover their unique voice and create with excellence. She is devoted to her growing practice as an emerging artist and tries to balance it all as she recently welcomed a daughter with her husband Kevin, in March 2025.

Artist Statement

Recently, my time in the studio has been dedicated to creating dreamlike visions and abstractions of the natural world that interact with the dichotomy of life and death. These works are made using printmaking methods combined with mixed-media elements and sometimes feature sculptural adornments. I choose my subjects by using photography of my interactions with nature and specific references related to the story unfolding; the composition is built by transferring these images in gel-medium to the panel. Expressive and intentional marks in pen allow the imagery to emerge from the distorted transfers. This sets the framework for the surface to become immersed in texture media and washes of acrylic and ink, then unified through painted layers of handmade paper. 

The textured and layered process hints at the depth and complexity of my life, while the references to nature help to draw a parallel to spiritual revelation and transformation. Through the symbolism associated with a specific flower, the energy within a brush stroke, or the emotion of colliding colors, these are the facets that aid in the composition of a visual story. This story illustrates the experience of rebirth after seasons of sorrow and death. It is often expressed through my work in flourishing gardens juxtaposed with scenes of barren silhouetted trees. The intent behind each creation is that it displays the spiritual being unveiled through the natural, conveying how the relationship between the two reflects my experiences with faith.