About Me.

Hi, I'm Alex!

 I am a Toronto based painter and artist.

I have had an impulse to create for as long as I can remember, always going back to painting as a place to be mindful and present. Through painting I am able to slow down and really notice the small details of the world, even seeing the beauty and potential in the mundane. In my life I frequently pause, to appreciate all the incredible things around us, and I hope through my art you will too.

My paintings are often of places I have been to while traveling or simply going for a walk in the city. I often carry a camera or my painting sketchbook with me to document places or things that capture my interest and then use these references for larger paintings.

My paintings live between expressive painting and an illustrative style, a push and pull between the need for order and expression. I use expressive brushstrokes that bring movement and energy to the painting, along with bold, defined lines and simplified forms that emphasize the shapes and structures in the landscape. I focus on colors that are soft yet vibrant, capturing a realistic but slightly heightened sense of nature's palette, celebrating both the essence of the landscape and the act of painting itself in my work.

Arts and cultural training and learning:
2024 Urban Landscapes 2-Painting the urban landscape- Toronto School of Art by Bryan Harvey
2024 Portrait Painting 2- Painting the portrait with a live model-Toronto School of Art by Ian Baggley
2023 Urban Landscapes 1-Painting the urban landscape- Toronto School of Art by Bryan Harvey
2022 Figure Painting-Painting the figure with a live model- Toronto School of Art by Ian Baggley
2022 Color Mastery Online course by Lena Rivo
2019 Avenue Road School of Art-Acrylic Painting-Martha Johnson


Past and Current Shows:
2024-Color and Form Society's 72nd annual Juried Exhibition-Honourable mention
2024-Sketch the Junction Plein Air Competition-3rd Place
2024-Timeless Terrains-Women's Art Association of Canada-Dignam Gallery
2024-All You can Eat-Northern Contemporary Gallery
2024-The Toronto Show-Gallery 1313
2024 Fresh-Next Generation Arts. Juried Art Show.
2023 Under100 Holiday Art Show- Northern Contemporary Gallery
2023 A Nightmare on Roncesvalles- Northern Contemporary Gallery
2023 Emerging Expressions Group Show- Toronto School of Art


Media and Publications:2024 Yoonyen Issue 1 by Sara Purves