Alyssa Monks: Plant Life presents seven new paintings created entirely during the Covid-19 quarantine in New York City.  "We have all been 'planting ourselves' wherever we are and staying put,” Monks remarks. The new paintings, with their intense but distorted color, portray the inner psychological experience of isolation for these female subjects as they interact with the "natural" world as it gets less and less certain or safe. Alyssa Monks’ expression of life in these new paintings is a direct reflection of the Artist’s determination to remain positive and proactive during a global pandemic that has threatened both life and emotional well-being. Antithetically, Monks’ paintings celebrate the persistence of life and renewal in the natural world