Allison Evonne Streett

A self portrait mask, Introspect began as the foundation for The Work of My Hands. By choosing to execute the portrait as a mask rather than a full bust I draw attention to the struggle to understand and form my identity.

Available in Bronze

21H x 16W x 8D

A self portrait mask, this sculpture explores the way what I do with my hands -- from creating art to caring for my children -- both form and obscure my identity.

The unfilled cracks emphasize the often fractured experience of being a woman/artist/mother.

Available in aqua resin and bronze

How the Light Gets In

bronze

9" x 12" x 9"

Available

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack, a crack in everything

That's how the light gets in

— Leonard Cohen

Influenced by kintsugi, the Japanese tradition of mending broken pottery by binding the fragments with laquer and gold, How the Light Gets In is evidence of my decision to let my failings show and even embrace them as opportunities for God's grace to flow through me, like the gold between the cracks of a once-broken vessel. The figure is actively rising up, and the cracks on her body are illuminated in the patina to give the illusion of light coming through them.

11” x 13.5” x 11”

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This sculpture is inspired by the following poem about the Irish Troubles by Padraig O Tuama applied to racial injustice in the United States. The figure has wounds which have been cut all the way through the casting, showing the current and generational harm he suffers; his right hand is clenched in a fist to show his determination to fight injustice; his left hand reaches out and he is beginning to walk forward, showing hope and determination that our relationships will be set right.

Available in bronze

26 x 7 x 11.5

Not Yet

‘You’re too young
to know about The Troubles,’
the peaceman said.

And the youngman said:

f a t h e r s h o t d e a d
m o t h e r f e l l a p a r t
b r o t h e r f e l l i n t o h i m s e l f
o t h e r b r o t h e r s e n t t o l i v e w i t h o t h e r s
a n d m e i s m o t h e r e d e v e r y t h i n g
i w a s f a r m e d a r o u n d
a n d n o w y e a r s l a t e r
w e h a v e f o u n d o u r s e l v e s b a c k b e n e a t h
a s h a r e d a n d t r o u b l e d c e i l i n g.

Not yet.

bronze

12” x 12” x 8”

Available

Peter was the man who Jesus told, “Get behind me, Satan;” who drew his sword to prevent Jesus being arrested, thrice denied even knowing him on the same day; who became known as the “rock” on which the early church was built. I can’t think of many stories that better show the way God uses broken people to accomplish his purpose.

The man who commissioned this sculpture wanted it as a companion during his prayer by the fire, as a reminder of how easy it is to deny Christ in others when we sit in comfort.

“They they seized [Jesus] and led him away, bringing him into the high priest’s house, and Peter was following at a distance. And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them. Then a servant girl, seeing him as he sat in the light and looking closely at him, said, “This man also was with him.” But he denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him.” And a little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.” And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted, saying, “Certainly this man also was with him, for he too is a Galilean.” But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.”

Luke 22:54-62

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Isolated asks us to examine our responses to the injustice and suffering around us -- are we willing to respond in loving action or are we willfully blinding ourselves, isolating ourselves from our neighbors?

16” x 12” x 8

bronze

Available

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12” x 12” x 1”

plaster

Available

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with lacquer mixed with gold dust. Rather than hiding the cracks, kintsugi artists emphasize and honor them as part of the vessel’s story. The gold runs through the fractures, making what was once ruined precious and valuable. The Kintsugi Self-Portraits reflect my own determination to find beauty and value in the broken places in my life.

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The poisonous botanicals represent the fine line between life and death: these beautiful, living things can bring sickness and death, or, if used wisely, many can bring healing. 

Available in plaster or bronze

24H x 9W x 1D

This Is She

15” x 13” x 2”

Available

This Is She is a continuing series of relief portraits of women from diverse ethnic backgrounds; it is a reflection on female identity and western societal standards of beauty.  I have met each of these women, and tried to depict them in a way that honors their dignity as individual women and communicates something of their identity beyond physical features.  Each of the sculptures in the series is entitled This Is She in order to emphasize the subjects’ individual identities.  

“This Is She makes me stand up straighter. It shows the many different forms that beauty takes. I feel like these pieces show more than just the physical beauty.  There’s a different kind of strength, peace, defiance, joy, even subtle pain in each. Which is also what it means to embody womanhood and humanity and the image of God.” 

-- Megan Othling, author and women’s advocate

The portraits of children are commissions for individual families.

For information about commissioning a relief portrait please contact the artist.

When Hagar fled to the wilderness to escape her mistress’ abuse, she thought she was going to her death. But the angel of the Lord came to her and promised her that she would be the mother of a great nation. Her reply was, “You are the God who sees me” (Genesis 16:13).

Available in aqua resin and bronze

6.5” x 11” x 6”

This series has a half life size sculpture and two small sculptures. I created them in response to a dear friend’s miscarriage, in an effort to “mourn with those who mourn” (Romans 12:15). They show intense grief from the perspectives of a man and a woman.  The pose of the female figure is particularly difficult physically, as she wraps herself in her arm so tightly, but it is the position I returned to again and again as I imagined the agony of losing a child. The male figure is also curled in upon himself, gripping the edge of the cliff he is crouching on.  Both figures are nude and bald in their vulnerability; the woman cradles her head and the man seems to stifle a cry.

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8.5” x 9.5” x 7.5”

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“What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no works? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, ‘Go, I wish you well, keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about his physical needs what good is it?” James 2:14-16.  Inspired by James 2:16, this piece depicts an Afghan mother and her daughter who have been displaced as a result of the wars being waged in their homeland.

16”H x 9”D x 7”D

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Sexual slavery is a global problem, victimizing millions of people and generating billions of dollars each year.

Mounted on a turntable, this sculpture tells a story. The woman begins in an open, strong, but vulnerable pose. Her hands are open and her eyes are peacefully closed. As the piece is turned her pose becomes closed and protective, evocative of the violation she has endured. If the rotation is continued she returns to health and openness.

A limited edition of 10 bronze casts of this sculpture is available for purchase and I will donate 25% of the profits to organizations that work to end human trafficking.

This piece is inspired by the 23rd Psalm and is meant to communicate the contentment, security, and peace that comes from being aware of the faithfulness of God.

10” x 13” x 9”

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Job 7:11 says, “I will not keep silent; I will speak out the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.”

This work grew out of a very difficult personal time. It became for me a meditation on doubt as an important part of faith.

19” x 7” x 8.5”

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Retrospect (Jack) is a portrait of my late grandfather. I chose this expression to show how tender he had become in his later life, as well as the weight of grief over his past. He understood the preciousness of Christ’s forgiveness. In the words of my mother, “He was my greatest answered prayer. He was the answer to a child’s lifetime of prayer. I loved my daddy and never, never doubted his broken but true love of me.”

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Becoming is a portrait of my eldest daughter when she was twelve years old. She seemed to be a child one moment, a young woman the next. I could see the beautiful woman she was becoming, but the soft turn of her cheek gave me a flash of her childhood self. I was impressed by the in-between character of adolescence and I wanted to capture her at this fleeting time in her life.

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This sculpture is one of my most explicitly Christian pieces, and a very personal one. The composition changed several times. At first I had his head down and his arms raised higher, hands apart. Gradually the pose you see now emerged. This is the first in what I hope to be a series on the Lord’s Prayer, and it is based on the familiar first line, “Give us this day our daily bread.” These words acknowledge that we depend on God for even our most basic needs. I wanted the figure’s pose to show humility and dependence; but his gaze is up because he is confident that God will faithfully provide. Beyond physical bread, I also wanted to call to mind the spiritual nourishment that we receive through the Eucharist, so the position of the hands echoes the way our hands are held when we are receiving the bread for the Lord’s Supper.

4.5” X 3.25” X 8.25”

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Utilizing the motif of the Pieta, which traditionally shows the Virgin Mary holding her son, Jesus, after he has been taken down from the cross, this piece depicts a Sudanese woman holding her son, dead as a result of the war and genocide in their country. I replaced Mary and Jesus in the sculpture because, as Jesus says in Matthew 25:35-45, “as you did to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.” I hope to encourage us all to look beyond the comforts of our own lives and consider the suffering being endured by our brothers and sisters around the world.

11” X 8.5” 5”

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The wall separating a North American man from an African woman and her baby represents AIDS. The figures are a part of the wall, connected to it, partially trapped within it, and yet it isolates them from each other. The inscription on one side of the wall reads, “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation. Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted for they are no more” from Jeremiah 31:15 and Matthew 2:18. On the other side of the wall is written, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” from Matthew 22:39 and Mark 12:31.

11” X 15” X 16”

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After Jacob wrestled with the angel of Lord, he called the place Peniel because he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved” (Genesis 32:30).  Several years ago I read a memoir by Madeleine L’Engle in which she talks about Jacob’s battle with the angel. She writes that Jacob was marked forever by his encounter with God, and that the same should be true of all believers. This piece became a sort of icon to me; as I created it I meditated on what it means to be marked by Christ.

16.5” x 8.5” x 9”

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Inscribed in Greek on the back of this statue are the words of Romans 7:24b, the translation of which is, “Who will save me from this body of sin and death?”  Here a female figure is draped in funerary clothes, representing mankind's inability to overcome sin without God's help.

3” x 11” x 4.5”

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This project was commissioned by All Saints Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas. I created the bowl and artisan Hawkeye Glenn created the base.

Casts are available. Please contact the artist if you are interested.