Hello! My name is Alissa Apel.

I received my bachelor’s degree from Kansas City Art Institute, with a focus on Illustration and Design. I attended Savannah College of Art and Design and earned a master's degree with the emphasis on Illustration. After spending the previous 19 years teaching a variety of art and illustration classes at the college level, I am now pursuing other creative work opportunities.

My current work focuses on incorporating different materials into mixed media paintings often examining the space where the human and natural world meet. In addition, I enjoy looking at things from different perspectives and find that photography and blogging inspire me to explore how design and creativity impacts my daily life. I also wrote and created step-by-step art techniques for children on ParentSavvy.com. I have loved the challenge to develop new techniques utilizing a variety of man-made and natural objects.

I would love to connect and can be reached at anapeladay@gmail.com.

Artist Statement:

I observe nature’s beauty and chaos. 

My art combines many mediums from acrylic paint, plastic, trash, vinyl, soot from a fire place, fabric, and thread for sewing. The materials and techniques are tied in with their unique concept.

The work I create encompasses both something beautiful and the act of destruction. It is important for me to bring awareness to environmental issues and injustices that are in our world. A tall, charming sunflower, with buzzing honey bees that are suffering to survive. The brilliant crow that flies through acid rain. Ocean creatures with stomaches full of plastic. Wild cats struggling to coexist with the surrounding cities. Native Americans that have their land taken away from them. All these issues enter my work. My art depicts nature’s beauty, and clashes with human injected hardship.