LXM Artist is Alex McPherson (BFA - Elam majoring in painting.) Alex's paintings are representative and express the enjoyment of nature and life. Trying to capture the universality of love through art, Alex’s work captures the essence of nature, celebrating the colours, forms, and emotions that make life beautiful. It is a sensory experience. There is a spirituality in the painting process, as she believes in the right to life and exist in this world and beyond. Alex captures more than just a likeness in my figurative paintings. The 'birdness' of a bird or the essence of a creature. The use of enhanced colour, like a cobalt sky and an ultramarine sea is evident in a landscape. Each brushstroke tells a story of resilience, wonder, and inspiration. Whether it’s the delicate petals of a hibiscus or a stunning New Zealand landscape, these paintings bring the world to life on canvas. I exist therefore I paint. It is my language, my craft.
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Nature Series
These paintings are inspired by Nature and what I find on the beaches around the Tutukaka and Helena Bay areas
Process
Created from oil paints, the background often takes longer than the actual object to paint. The works are all painted from life, (occasionally photos), but every single mark is created by hand.
Landscapes
New Zealand Landscapes painted in the Studio
Process
Inspired by nature and the beauty of the land, these images are painted from photos taken mostly by the artist of places visited, in the studio environment. I am also inspired by other people's photos.
Frogs
Frogs are the barometer of the ecological environment.
If the frogs are doing well then we are ok.
Healthy frogs = healthy planet.
How are we doing, humanity?
Process
These series of frogs in different scenarios are created with oil paint.
The images are made up of montages of photos and imagination.
Floral
Inspired by growing up in my Mum's garden where there were many flowers.
Montages are created with the joy of the beauty of nature.
Process
Most of these floral montages were created with a palette knife, impasto style with pure oil paint and no medium. The other floral images are painted from life.
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