Alexa Hawksworth’s paintings and drawings depict fantastical scenes where the mind and its desires escape the body—as well as the earthly realm. The artist’s compositions feature characters twisting and turning as if viewed through a psychological strobe; at the same time, elastic figures pursue self-expression while remaining ensnared in the anxious negotiations of the ego. Hawksworth’s compositions are teeming with anticipation and mystique, at once alluring and playfully off-kilter.