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Modern earthy tones in brown and mustard with pale pink, white and a hint of forrest green with textured brushstrokes. It is…
Modern earthy tones in brown and mustard with pale pink, white and a hint of forrest green with textured brushstrokes. It is…
Modern earthy tones in brown and mustard with pale pink, white and a hint of forrest green with textured brushstrokes. It is…
Modern earthy tones in brown and mustard with pale pink, white and a hint of forrest green with texture… — artist's signature
Modern earthy tones in brown and mustard with pale pink, white and a hint of forrest green with textured brushst… — edge view
Modern earthy tones in brown and mustard with pale pink, white and a hint of forrest green with textured brushstrok… — detail
Modern earthy tones in brown and mustard with pale pink, white and a hint of forrest green with textured bru… — shown hanging
Painting by Alanah Jarvis 476 Artworks Sold

Patterns of Persistence

Acrylic, Canvas, Ready to hang

101cm (W) x 76cm (H) x 4cm (D)

Certificate of Authenticity Included
A$920

Artwork Description

Patterns of Persistence, by Alanah Jarvis

“Like the wind shaping stone or roots splitting rock, what is gentle, when unwavering, transforms everything.”
Textured layers in grounded browns, moss greens, and soft clay pinks form a rhythmic composition that speaks to the quiet force of resilience. This abstract painting draws on the visual language of erosion, regrowth, and repetition, each mark a record of effort, each tone a gesture of movement through stillness. “Patterns of Persistence” invites reflection on how strength is shaped not in sudden bursts, but in the steady unfolding of time and intention. A piece that grounds and motivates, it brings the energy of enduring growth into any space.

This canvas is placed on Sustainable Canvas, made from 100% recycled plastic bottles to keep this plastic out of the environment or landfill. The canvas won’t ever mould nor sag on stretcher bars over time as it doesn’t expand and contract like other fibre canvases. Its ready to be passed down for generations.

Artist Bio
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Alanah Jarvis 580 artworks | 125 Sold

Alanah Jarvis is an Australian painter working from her studio in Bayside, Melbourne, with more than 466 original works now hanging in homes across Australia and internationally. Her practice moves between two bodies of work: the Abstract Weathered Series and the Realistic Ocean Series.

The Abstract Weathered Series is grounded in wabi sabi, the idea that beauty lives in what is worn, imperfect and shaped by time. These are heavy textured artworks built through layering, palette knife and impasto work, then eroded back, so the surface carries the same marks that wind and water leave on stone, timber and earth. The palettes are drawn from Australian nature: ochre, blush, weathered white, dark green & gold. Each contemporary abstract painting is made to reward a second look, colour that shifts with the light, and texture you want to reach out and touch.

The Realistic Ocean Series turns to the coastline. Painted in oil, these seascape paintings and underwater works follow the ocean's changing light and movement, the surface from above, the stillness beneath. They bring space, breath and calm into a room.

Alanah paints on recycled polyester canvas, built to outlast natural fibre canvases. Reclaiming material that would otherwise be discarded has shaped how she works: the surface arrives with a history already in it, which suits a body of work about the marks time leaves behind. She founded Sustainable Canvas to make that material available to other artists and the range was awarded Gold for Product Innovation at the ROAR Awards, recognition for the same canvas these paintings are made on.

Alanah was named a Top 50 Small Business Leader by Inside Small Business (2025) and a Top 100 Finalist in the She-Com Business Awards (2026).

Originals ship ready to hang unless the listing states otherwise. Commissions welcome, Alanah works with collectors and interior designers on pieces made for a specific space, palette and scale.