David T. Alexander: Infinite to Infinitesimal – Artist Reception

Landscape artists often depict their subjects with a grandeur and majesty
intended to leave the viewer with a sense of awe. But whether depicting the
magnificence of a mountain range or the minutiae of a pond, Canadian painter
David Alexander hopes to instill feelings less of reverence than of presence. His
landscapes verge on pure abstraction, and he often applies paint with a gestural
hand that captures nature’s force and flow. “Abstraction allows freedom,” he
says. “I try to describe not what [a landscape] looks like but how it feels.”