Ever since she won a  colouring-in competion at 3 years of age, Alex has been addicted to art. As a child, Alex rarely was seen without a pen or pencil in hand, and at 16, whilst at Westlake Girls High, she discovered oil paints, painting a series of self portraits using fingers.

From 1992 to 1996, Alex attended Elam School of Fine Art in Auckland, where she discovered a love of texture and colour, using the palette knife a lot, to create impasto style work with pure paint (no medium). Inspired by the works of Van Gogh, Alex studied his style of artwork and life and developed her own style that has evolved over time to something unique and colourful. Tutors include Robert Ellis, Don Binney, Dick Frizzell and Phillipa Blair.

An ongoing series is her flower paintings, which started as colour montages. Alex also enjoys painting a variety of other subjects such as people, landscapes, abstracts, leaves and underwater scenes. Being part of the vibrant art culture, Alex enjoys working with other New Zealand artists in developing a wider audience for New Zealand art in general, especially contemporary style paintings.  Commissions welcome.

Alex has artworks in collections in New Zealand, Switzerland, England, Australia and USA. 

Currently, Alex is a director of Thornton Gallery in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.