Oil on Panel - 36" x 48"

Gold Winner - OAA 51st Annual Juried Exhibition

This inward glance at the "self" depicts a quest to survive a devastating set of personal losses.

Alex was plunged into the rabbit hole where she was convinced there was no way out. She fights to escape this emotional black hole through the practice of painting; this is her "wonderland”. Alex slowly draws herself out of the rabbit hole into the light again. Minutes tick on a faceless watch and she realizes that she must be true to herself as time waits for no one.

Her personal work has taken a drastic turn after suffering a devastating set of personal losses, as she inspects 'the self' (in her “Alex in Wonderland” series) after that first plunge down the rabbit hole. This body of work is deeply personal, whimsical and spiritual all at once, while facilitating a pastel colour palette, vintage icons and antiquities. The brushwork is often looser in these paintings than that found in her academic work, lending itself to the fantastical nature of Wonderland.