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My Varnishing Process- the steps to finishing a painting.

MY VARNISHING PROCESS: One of the final and most important stages of creating an artwork is varnishing. It serves several purposes; the m...

Nature Creates Abstract Art

You may not have noticed but there’s lots of abstract forms in nature. I’m an abstract artist and inspiration comes to me from many thing...

Snippets of My Process pt 2

Continuing on from my last blog and sharing a little bit more with you. So here’s that loose canvas I showed you earlier with it’s first ...

Snippets of My Creating Process

I thought I’d share some of my creating process...well actually this is only one of quite a few start processes I use. I shared some of t...

Journey- Using Abstract Art to Tell a Story

Variety...the Spice of Life! Part 2

I was sharing in my previous blog about the need for variety in life and how I was pondering why there is so much variety in my artworks....

Variety...the Spice of Life! Part 1

We all need variety right? Visitors to my studio often say they love the variety in my work and I was pondering why there is that variety...

Momentum, a Key to Successful Art Creation.

Hi there, I was thinking last night about the importance of momentum in creating good quality art In this short video I share a tip to he...

The Ever Changing Tide

This week I finished two new abstract expressionistic seascapes which I titled 'The Ever- Changing Tide 1 & 2'. 'The Ever -Changing Tide ...

Dancing with Dragons

In May 2015 I finished a large painting, 122x91cm, featuring one of my favorite and unusual ocean creatures, the Sea Dragon. Abstract Exp...

Collage- A Short History & How I Use It

Have you tried collage? It's a technique I use from time to time in my work and I wanted to share with you a little about the history o...

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The Echoing Sea

Creating Abstract Art pt 1

Using Abstracts to Loosen Up Your Creativity

Slowing the Ordinary, to see the Extraordinary

Capturing the Emotion

Synesthesia - Painting Colour in Music.

“The Time Has Come”, the Walrus Said...

Painting Music

Why We Need Artists

I Am Ocean

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Olivia Alexander

"Capturing the Spirit of Ocean & Earth in Contemporary Art"