Alex Florschutz

My work explores the mysterious territory between spirit and matter, darkness and light, dissolution and becoming.

I am drawn to the ancient idea of alchemy, traditionally concerned with the transformation of matter. Within my work, it becomes a metaphor for the transformation of the human being.

Through layers of colour, texture, gesture and intuition, I explore how light can penetrate what has become dense or hardened, allowing something new to emerge.

Forms appear that suggest portals, thresholds, the body, the feminine and the natural world, while their meaning remains open to the imagination of the viewer.

Underlying my work is a lifelong enquiry into freedom, love, and our relationship with a reality beyond the material.

I believe art can do more than communicate an idea.

It can move the soul.

My paintings are an invitation to enter that space, and discover what might become visible within.