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Colin Alexander

@colin_alex35207

Painter, Researcher, lover of old Maps and Mysteries

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These three paintings from my show have found homes already. They seem to have resonated with the collectors on a personal level too, that’s more important to me than just a sale. Off to a good start!

These three paintings  from my show have found homes already. They seem to have resonated with the collectors on a personal level too, that’s more important to me than just a sale. Off to a good start!
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These sketchbook pages are still available to buy in my Studio Clearout sale - £50 each, send a message if you're interested! Sale ends MONDAY baby 😗

These sketchbook pages are still available to buy in my Studio Clearout sale - £50 each, send a message if you're interested! Sale ends MONDAY baby 😗
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During the lockdown years, I made a shift from mostly landscape art toward more classical and figurative work. The River Valley in Winter, Oil on Panels 36”x48” by Colin Alexander, 2022.

During the lockdown years, I made a shift from mostly landscape art toward more classical and figurative work. 
The River Valley in Winter, Oil on Panels 36”x48” 
by Colin Alexander,  2022.
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My latest block of 9 character studies in Watercolor and Ink. Illustrating chronicles that span centuries. Some historical, some from my imagination.

My latest block of 9 character studies in Watercolor and Ink. Illustrating chronicles that span centuries. Some historical, some from my imagination.
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When I first got to the Yukon, I had no money, no carpentry skills and just a little bit of off-grid land to build on. I did a hundred drawings of little zen shacks. Using scavenged wood and local timbers my wife and I got this cozy A-frame up just before the snows fell.

When I first got to the Yukon, I had no money, no carpentry skills and just a little bit of off-grid land to build on. I did a hundred drawings of little zen shacks. Using scavenged wood and local timbers my wife and I got this cozy A-frame up just before the snows fell.
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Painted around 1741, "Apollo, Music, and Meter" is an allegorical oil-on-canvas painting housed in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. This version is generally attributed to Pompeo Batoni with the assistance of his workshop, a practice inherited from the Renaissance, when master

Painted around 1741, "Apollo, Music, and Meter" is an allegorical oil-on-canvas painting housed in the <a href="/MuseeLouvre/">Musée du Louvre</a> in Paris.

This version is generally attributed to Pompeo Batoni with the assistance of his workshop, a practice inherited from the Renaissance, when master
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Some of my murals around town. The last three were gifts to my bleak northern city, my way to fight back against the grey concrete and beautify my surroundings.

Some of my murals around town. The last three were gifts to my bleak northern city, my way to fight back against the grey concrete and beautify my surroundings.
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A Memento Mori sketch I did recently. In historical accounts of Roman triumphs, the reminder of mortality- often phrased as variations of "memento mori" or "remember you will die" was whispered by a slave standing behind the conquering general in his chariot, while holding a

A Memento Mori sketch I did recently.
  In historical accounts of Roman triumphs, the reminder of mortality- often phrased as variations of "memento mori" or "remember you will die" was whispered by a slave standing behind the conquering general in his chariot, while holding a