Hi, I’m Alexis, a nature artist living near the South Jersey beaches, and I create nature-inspired art bringing the outside in. My curiosity about nature has always led me into forests and gardens, onto beaches, and across meadows looking for plants and animals. I create tree print art and stained glass from what I encounter to share its beauty and encourage all of us to actively connect with and care for nature.

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I create tree print paintings by printing cross sections of fallen trees, leaves, flowers, and other elements of nature like the stars and moon.  Then, using acrylic or watercolor paints, and sometimes the cyanotype process, I develop these prints into paintings telling stories. 

These paintings have sold in Nashville North Studios in Linwood, NJ; Art on Asbury in Ocean City, NJ; the Martha Spak Gallery in Washington, D.C., and art fairs and markets. You can see a selection of my paintings if you visit my Tree Print Art page.

I also create stained glass by developing a pattern from natural forms like plants or animals, or an idea in the case of a commission, and then select colors of glass to best express the pattern. Once I’ve cut and shaped the glass pieces, I use copper foil and solder to bring the glass pieces together in a final panel that glows with light when hung in a window.

In addition to commissions, my stained glass pieces have sold in galleries in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. You can see a selection of them on my Stained Glass page.

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Education

  • Arcadia University, Glenside, PA - Master of Education (2007)

  • University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA - Bachelor of Arts, Historic Preservation, Cum Laude (2004)

Select Shows and Art Fairs:

  • Childhood Unmuted - Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut (2023)

  • Guardians - shared duo show at Nashville North Studios (2022)

  • Festival of Fine Craft - Wheaton Arts (2022)

  • Voices and Votes: Democracy in America - Atlantic Cape Community College, made possible by the Smithsonian Institute (2022)

  • Art in Bloom - Martha Spak Gallery (2022)

  • Shine the Light - Inside Small (2022)

  • Rapid Response Collection - South Jersey Artist Collective (2022)

  • Global Garden - Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut (2021 - 2022)

  • Annual Juried Show - Ocean City Arts Center (2021)