Alexandra Abraham's Page
- Alexandra Abraham London, United Kingdom
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- Member type
- Artist
- If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?
- Painting
- I am...
- an artist
- About my artwork
- My Grandfather was from Russia and I have wonderful memories of the Orthodox cathedral I went to with my family. The dark interior was so mysterious in the candlelight and I was enchanted by the icons, richly coloured, gilded, and jewelled.
I bring these memories, together with pieces of my past, into my paintings in a very direct way. I incorporate vintage buttons from my mother’s sewing basket, my father’s old coin box, my huge collection of sea glass, shells and pebbles picked up on my travels around the world, ceramic shards from ancient gardens in England and France together with Venetian glass smalti, and I encrust my painted panels with glittering gilded bands.
I also make jewellry while I'm waiting for the paint to dry.
- The centre of the artworld is
- London
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