• Alexandra Dickens

    Bold, inventive, shaped by landscape, sensation and abstraction. Painting is a form of dance, an intuitive act, an expression, a choreography of colour, light and movement. Over the years I have learned to get out of my own way and trust my creative process. Then when there is no more I can add or subtract from a work, I put down my tools.

    Experimenting and exploring, pushing the boundaries and technics searching for a resolution. While music blares out I work unconsciously using all the energy I can muster to add vivacity to the work. For me growth comes from challenging myself to work closer to the edge of fearlessness and intuition, making bold and spontaneous artistic choices. There are no failures, just challenges and opportunities to corral the work to where I instinctively want it to go.

    My early life was spent in London and Oxford where in my late teens I discovered my love of expression through painting. Before opening my studio gallery in St Ives I ran various restaurants and modelled both in London and New York which was where I had my first show. 

    Like music you don't need to analyse it, just feel it.

    Alexandra Dickens
  • Visiting the Studio

    Visiting the Studio

    My studio is just fifteen minutes outside St Ives, and a short walk through the pretty churchyard. Alternatively if you can't get to my studio we can facetime.

    Just give me a call to check my availability 07967 144113 or email alexmdp@icloud.com

  • Mailing List

    Mailing List

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    • Priority Access to New Paintings 
    • Priority Access to Special Offers 
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  • Delivery

    Delivery

    Specialist Art Courier delivery is free within the UK when you spend over £1,000

    Overseas shipping please get in touch for a quote. 

    Free packaging returns

    Reducing Plastic Waste is extreamly important to me so, if you have no use for the packaging your painting arrives in, please let me have it back and I will pay for the postage. 

    If you are not delighted with your painting when it arrives please email me as soon as possible for the return address.

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    Number Ten and Porthmerryn

    Both these holiday lets, in the heart of St Ives, are now up and running and have had wonderful reviews. Decorated to a high standard and with everything you need for a home from home. They can be let individually, each property sleeping four guests, or together with the private courtyard between them. They are just moments away from all the shops, restaurants and the fantastic beaches. 

    Please let me know if you require more information. Ax

    http://Sandytoestays.co.uk/property/Numberten
    http://aspects-holidays.co.uk/cornwall/west-cornwall/st-ives/downalong/p/porthmerryn

     

     

     

  • Commissions

    Over the last thirty plus years I have been commissioned to painting works for many hundreds of private clients as... Over the last thirty plus years I have been commissioned to painting works for many hundreds of private clients as... Over the last thirty plus years I have been commissioned to painting works for many hundreds of private clients as... Over the last thirty plus years I have been commissioned to painting works for many hundreds of private clients as... Over the last thirty plus years I have been commissioned to painting works for many hundreds of private clients as...

    Over the last thirty plus years I have been commissioned to painting works for many hundreds of private clients as well as variety of corporate clients. It has been such a pleasure and I have loved bringing designs to life. It has been an honour and a privilege to have been tasked with producing site specific paintings, paintings that I hope will be enjoyed for years to come. 

     

    These are just a few of my corporate commissions. Excel Centre, London (150 paintings up to 6'x6' for the conference rooms), Risk Analysis, London (6 paintings for boardroom and offices), Lovell, London (triptych for reception area), Una Holiday Homes St Ives, Brooks and Jeal, Wadebridge (5 paintings for boardroom and offices), Gonwin Manor, Carbis Bay (37 paintings for holiday cottages), Browns Wine Bar and Bistro, Sidmouth (for the restaurant), The Zone Hotel, Newquay (triptych for the restaurant), Pooleys Chartered Accountants, Truro (9 paintings for boardroom and offices), Porthmeor Beach Café St Ives Cornwall (8 paintings 8'x8'), TNA Europe, Birmingham (70 paintings from up to 12’x5').

     

    Exhibitions Include

    Courlander Gallery, Richmond Surrey, Taurus Gallery, Oxford, Lander Gallery, Truro, Gallery One0two, London, Art Life, Devon, Nicholas Hagen Fine Art, London, Sanmar Gallery, USA, Lennox Gallery, London, Modern Artists Gallery, Whitchurch on Thames, Kennedy Gallery, Provincetown USA, Galerie Pelar, New York, USA, Wills Art Warehouse, London, Croft Wingates, Market Harborough, Big Wide Bay, Tavistock, The Westbourne Gallery, London, The 28th Street Gallery, New York.