{"title":"Ride Along Series","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"239\" data-end=\"639\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"239\" data-end=\"253\"\u003eRide Along\u003c\/strong\u003e is an ongoing body of work by Brejenn Allen that documents the quiet theater of Southern life by capturing passing figures, roadside architecture, and the humor embedded in the everyday. Rooted in the culture shock she experienced as a child when moving to no-stop-light town Porterville, Mississippi, from the \"bottomside\" of Gary, Indiana, the series reconstructs childhood memory through layered acrylic and mixed media, where texture becomes a vehicle for story and place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"641\" data-end=\"865\"\u003eEach work invites the viewer into the passenger seat on an intimate drive through small towns where overlooked buildings and people hold history and stories of resilience and peace. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEach work becomes both a keepsake and an invitation to witness, remember, and carry a piece of the journey home.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"picked-up-in-the-pick-up","title":"Picked Up in the Pick Up","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"210\" data-end=\"566\"\u003eIn \u003cem data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"239\"\u003ePicked Up in the Pick Up\u003c\/em\u003e, Brejenn Allen captures a fleeting yet familiar Southern ritual: the stillness of a red light, the hum of late afternoon air, and the quiet anticipation of movement. Inspired by a moment on 5th Street and Highway 19 in Meridian, Mississippi, the painting transforms an ordinary intersection into a site of collective memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"568\" data-end=\"1049\"\u003eViewed from behind a stopped Chevrolet truck, the composition places the viewer directly in the artist’s vantage point—both witness and participant. The worn tailgate, the loose posture of the figure resting along the truck bed, and the suspended red lights overhead evoke the unmistakable sensation of childhood rides in the back of a pickup: wind pressing against skin, denim fluttering, heat rising from pavement, and the freedom of seeing one’s town from an unfiltered angle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1051\" data-end=\"1345\"\u003eThrough layered acrylic and textured surface work, Allen elevates this everyday scene into a meditation on Southern nostalgia, mobility, and belonging. 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Allen heightens the physicality of the surface with dense impasto painting and mixed media, putting us in the passenger seat of her car and translating a fleeting photographic moment into a materially rich meditation on place, economic reality, and the evolving Southern landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1164\" data-end=\"1521\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis piece was selected for the South Arts State Prize \u0026amp; Fellowship Traveling Exhibition. 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What may feel unfamiliar to some viewers is rendered here without spectacle, instead situated within the everyday rhythm of roadside commerce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"554\" data-end=\"1012\"\u003eThrough textured acrylic and restrained composition, Allen frames the moment as both a cultural archive and a portrait of resilience. The repurposed canopy, the handwritten sign, and the stillness of the figures speak to adaptation, resourcefulness, and inherited tradition. As with much of her work, the painting honors what is often overlooked—revealing a localized practice as part of a broader narrative of Southern ingenuity, survival, and community memory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brejenn Allen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48081900601499,"sku":null,"price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/5297\/0651\/files\/WhiteDirt.jpg?v=1772500808"},{"product_id":"cowboy","title":"Cowboy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brejenn Allen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48090341900443,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/5297\/0651\/files\/2e0c27fd-d827-4ba3-9735-3e91a80905a0_rw_1920.jpg?v=1772645145"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/5297\/0651\/collections\/Truck1Cropped.jpg?v=1772497093","url":"https:\/\/brejennallen.com\/collections\/ride-along-series.oembed","provider":"Brejenn Allen","version":"1.0","type":"link"}