New Tide Running

Awarded 1st Prize, Royal Queensland Art Society exhibition, Nov. 2024
Delicate accents of pure gold and polished Paua shell add to this organic artwork that captures the beauty and feel of the ocean shore. the tide swells, its white peaks, rolling in and out, creating swirls in the pale sienna sand.

This original piece features my unique ‘gold alchemy’ technique, a multi layered technique that took me four years to develop.
Using this technique I’ve been able to create a depth of colour which shifts depending on the direction of light.

Delicate accents of 23kt pure gold, Australian ochre pigments from the Great Ocean Road and fragments of polished shell add a hint of luxury to this artwork.
Stretched linen, ready to hang.

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Olivia Alexander is a contemporary artist who was born in London but grew up in Australia. It was there she found a passion for the rugged coastal landscapes and oceans that are now her artistic focus .

In 2001 she began to pursue an artistic career and undertook nine years of art training, eventually specializing in mixed media.
Olivia uses unique techniques in a combination of acrylics, inks, watercolours, mineral pigments and gold leaf to create paintings in contemporary abstract.

Her aim is to capture the spirit of the ocean and coastal landscape using an alchemy of design elements and formed compositions in nature.
Since 2012, Olivia Alexander has received many international awards.
Her latest prestigious award being a *diplôme médaille d’Argent* (silver medal) from the Société Académique of ART SCIENCE & LETTRES - Paris, in recognition of her art career, on 16 October, 2022.

Olivia’s artworks are owned by private collectors in many countries and since 2003 she has exhibited or been represented by galleries and curators in cities such as Paris, New York, Chicago, Rome, Bologna, Sydney, Kolkata and Singapore, to name a few.

She works as a professional artist from her Gold Coast art studio in Queensland, Australia.