Gregory Alexander is a painter and printmaker who has exhibited widely in England as well as Australia. He has been a finalist in many art prizes and was recently included in the, by invitation only, prestigious Kedumba Drawing Prize. His work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia; Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection; The Royal Watercolour Society Diploma Collection, as well as many corporate and private collections throughout the world.
EDUCATION
Alexander studied at Canterbury and Farnham Colleges of Art in England. He completed his Master of Fine Art at Monash University in 2010 where he taught drawing and painting for many years.
ABOUT HIS WORK
“These collages are made from watercolour stained papers, which I prepare myself during the process of making these works. The process forces me to simplify my subject matter to create a strong image. I will often use them as studies for larger works, although I believe they often work well in their own right.”
“‘The light is always green’ is a song by, The Housemartins, from their album, ‘Now that’s what I call quite good’ (1985). The quintessentially English album was on high rotation in my car during the late 1980s as I drove up and down the M2 between my home on the Isle of Thanet and London.”
“‘Sounds of the Suburbs’ by the Members (1979) is one of my early punk memories: I was at Art College in the late 70s – early 1980s in Surrey, England. This song was popular, and I would, ‘pogo’ to it at the student Union disco.”
“‘Dreams by the Sea’ by John Martin from the album ‘Solid air’ 1972, has an introduction that always reminds me of the theme music to Mission impossible. This image of an, ‘Hacienda’ on Beach Road in Bayside appears to me, a folly – somebody’s ‘castle’ and as such a, ‘Dream by the sea’.”