Art by Allyn
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resist authoritarianism

look out for mutual aid opportunities locally <3
🚫🧊 know your rights & protect your neighbors (ILRC red card)🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ mapping attacks on queer rights (ACLU)🇵🇸🕊️ Palestinian realities – highlighting journalist Bisan Owda🥬🍅 Bloomington food pantry – Mother Hubbard's Cupboard
poster reading "Oops, all paintings: A decade of meandering" with an excerpt from Modern Moodscape

(oops all) paintings

Spill • 2019-2025 • acrylic on stretched canvas, framed • 16" x 20"


exhibited:

  • Oops, all paintings, Friendly Beasts Gallery, 2026

    large scale work

    Long live the Roost (no kings nor oligarchs; to roost is to build collaborative communities in resistance to authoritarianism) • 2023-2025 • acrylic on stretched canvas • 4.5' x 8' (54" x 96")


    exhibited:

    • Roosting Day Community Exhibition, Monroe County Public Library, 2025

    Along the way • 2023 • acrylic on raw duck canvas, protected by clear garage floor mat (studio floor installation / temporary floor mural) • 14' x 7' (168" x 84")

    shadows // exploring nostalgias past and present, reflection, and lightplay

    Sliced neatly in half • 2025 • 11" x 14"

      Each drawing in the Shadows series is charcoal on paper in an upcycled blue frame.

      Coming to the John Waldron Arts Center in April 2026!

      update coming 2026 – slugandspike.com for details

      living upside-down

      Living upside-down 11 • October 2025 • iPhone 15 Pro digital photograph • Griffy Lake

        I am no serious photographer, though I am a whimsical observer. I carry a tiny computer in my pocket and like to play around with it. That's good enough for me.

        misc. drawings + sketchbook excerpts

        Amid peril, in death • 2025 • colored pencil on paper with white acrylic highlights • 10" x 10"

          bio

          Allyn Boley grew up in San Diego, California, where they earned bachelor’s degrees in Studio Art and Psychology from San Diego State University. After pursuing various creative projects throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and in Portland, Oregon, Allyn moved to Indiana during the summer of 2020. They established their Bloomington studio in May of 2023 and received funding from the City of Bloomington Arts Commission to support their practice in 2024 and 2025. Though primarily a painter, Allyn works in a variety of drawing and painting media. They began extensive private studio training at a very young age and have taught the foundations of drawing and painting to folks of all ages.

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