ALANA'S STORY

Hello, I’m Alana a mixed-medium visual artist for Outdoor and Indoor Artwork, based in Masterton,
the Wairarapa.

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The vision for my artwork is to evoke a sense of happiness and healing in the viewer by allowing them
to escape to a beautiful therapeutic place.

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I’ve been an artist my whole life, but for the past three years, my focus has been primarily painting
New Zealand native fauna and birds. 

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I choose to work with this combination of subject matters due to the beauty and graceful nature of birds that represent freedom and praise as they rejoice when they sing.

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I would describe my style as being mystical realism. I still place my subject matter in it’s natural environment; however, the atmosphere is too perfect to be real, giving that mystical sense to my artwork.

I aim to show creation off at its finest, as though it was the ‘Garden of Eden’ before the fall, where there was perfect harmony, joy, and no decay or predators. 

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A lot of my ideas stem from biblical references. I subtly weave the themes of rejoice, peace, love, harmony, beauty, and royalty into my artworks and title names.

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Read the article about my artwork, written from Habitat by Resene here

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