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resist authoritarianism

look out for mutual aid opportunities locally <3

🚫🧊 know your rights & protect your neighbors (ILRC red card)‼️🤝 stand with Minnesota - resource directory 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ mapping attacks on queer rights (ACLU)🇵🇸🕊️ Palestinian realities – highlighting journalist Bisan Owda

(oops all) paintings

*notes* • ongoing series posted in batches of three • 2026 • acrylic and paint pen on stretched mini canvases • 3" x 3"

exhibited:

Oops, all paintings, Friendly Beasts Gallery, 2026

large scale work

Flying/roosting crows silhouetted against bright sunset and collaged skyline of Bloomington, Indiana

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

Spiral of flowers and small critters in different styles, realism and black line-drawing like tattoo

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")

S H A D O W S // exploring nostalgias past & present, reflection, & lightplay

Cat looking out window at clouds, neighboring house, and crows in yard, framed by a dark curtain

Shadow figure amidst gnarled shadowy limbs of a tree against grass

Wine glass held against two guitars. Guitars cast shadows while the water inverts their reflections.

Wide-eyed black cat with snaggletooth swatting (blurry) at shadow puppet that looks like a coyote

Royal and elegant terns on a calm beach, casting shadows against the sand as they waddle and fly

Shadow of figure cast against tree that looks like a man climbing the rungs of a ladder

Butch and femme wives holding hands, walking on a sunny city street, dark shadows cast behind them

3 matryoshka dolls casting shadows against each other, positioned large to small from left to right

POV: hand holding a 60s photo of a woman with a beehive smoking a cigarette with spiraling smoke

Broken fence with bolts and stains resembling anguished faces. Dog's shadow is seen through a hole

Shadow of person taking selfie with leaves on top of their head like ears, cast against concrete

Streetlight and telephone wires against cloudy sky with flying and roosting crows in bare trees

Hand holding lit match against dark, ambiguous background. Flame slightly resembles a figure.

Upside-down puddle showing obscured reflection of the Monroe County Courthouse in an alleyway

Face with shadows cast by large glasses, spiraling gauges, dark lipstick, and a toothy grimace

Androgynous figure cast on textured ceiling with air vent and high contrast

Coot (bird with large feet) walking out of frame, casting a stark shadow against a textured ground

Large sunflower with large leaves casting a shadow against concrete, from top-down angle

Leaf chewed by beetle casting shadow on a leaf below, appearing inverted

charcoal drawings on paper in thrifted, upcycled blue frames

on view at the John Waldron Arts Center from April 3–24, 2026

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 (and observer of the whimsy). I'm tethered to a tiny computer and like to play around. That's good enough for me.

misc. drawings / sketchbook glimpse

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

update coming soon – slugandspike.com for details

artist shadow/reflection against log and stream with foot in foreground

bio

Allyn J. 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 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 explores their ideas in a variety of media, opposing the use of generative A.I.

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all work is for sale unless otherwise indicated

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artbyallyn@gmail.com

Bloomington, Indiana find me on StoryGraph @__allyn__ (let's read together)

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