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In early June this year, I visited Athens for four nights. I went on my own, just to relax and enjoy my favourite sites and museums. It was my second visit, as I had gone in September two years ago. I was struck by Athens’ beauty. Here and there, I experienced ecstatic moments of joy … Read more

Prints in the series Museum Buddies by alej ez Art There’s something quietly joyful about going to a museum with a friend. It is mainly about the art, though there is more: with a friend, it’s about growing together, creating memories and bonding, exploring an artist’s work with a second pair of eyes, sharing knowledge … Read more

To create my prints I first create ink what I call ‘base ink drawings’. Here I display some of them. They conform the backbones and structures of my prints. I draw with the mentality of a printmaker, treating these as plates. Instead of creating analogue prints, I scan the drawings and add colour digitally. As … Read more

Through the years, my interest in art has led me to study, practice, and reflect on a wide range of art printing technologies. I’ve spent time figuring out how to incorporate aspects of these techniques into my own work—especially in the way I add colour digitally, which still feels new and inventive to me. This … Read more

Your Personal Art Collection It’s always a joy when clients reach out to curate a selection of prints for specific spaces in their homes. Below, you can read about a collection of prints I recently put together for two wonderful clients in Hove. The brief was to select pieces from my collection that resonate with … Read more

Pink Song Colourway Pink Song colourway is an exercise of temperance that uses a palette of solid pinks, reds and blues with subtle touches of light, shadow. I have applied the minimalist modernist axiom ‘less is more’ from my training as an architect. Modern technologies and traditional prints I love returning to my designs and … Read more

Athens – a record of classic landscapes and arts. September 2023 Earlier this year I found myself reading every book I could find on Greek culture: the Classic Myths – The Penguin Book of Classical Myths by Jennifer March –  with the gods and heroes; books on pottery, on sculptures – Six Greek Sculptors by … Read more

Apus Apus by alej ez. Oct 2022 A new body of work that expresses relationships through my experiences. With a modus operandi that explores occurring relationships between a cosmos of varied interests that covers subjects from environmental conservation to spirituality and astrology. I am engaged in creating a new rubbing edge where connections are forged … Read more

Art prints with bird as subjects: Bird Art In 2007 I moved from London to Brighton. I didn’t realise but every time I was on a call to my mum she would notice the sound of the seagulls in the background. I grew up in Tarifa, a small city in the south of Spain with … Read more

UK art Discover my personal journey through British Art and how it has influenced my work In this article titled Art Prints UK I present in no particular order some of my prints along with other well-known works of art: paintings, prints, poems and music that British artists have created. This exercise illustrates the references, … Read more

In this blog entry I show my art displayed in work spaces. You can select from contemporary and classic collections of artworks to add  vibrant and thoughtful designs to your walls. Discover the perfect art print to create your happy place. My art prints are issued as signed limited editions, but they have affordable prices. … Read more

Seaside Art The presence of the sea occurs in many of my prints, it is a common denominator. In this article under the name Coastal Art I describe the different ways in which the sea appears. Either in the form of panoramic landscapes, by coastal cities or in the countryside, and depicting the particular flora … Read more

In September 2023 Jackie Marsh-Hobbs, a historian expert in Brighton Seaside and the West Pier subjects, was putting together a a talk titled ‘Moments of the West Pier Captured in Art’. For which I was asked to provide and describe some of my prints that depicts the West Pier. West Pier Rampion Flowers and Wind … Read more

Panoramic art In 2011 I completed my first panoramic art piece After having created many art prints of singular buildings and places, the creation of my first panorama felt somehow like a natural progression in my artistic career. When I took it to the gallery it was so well received that instantly I understood the … Read more

“O people of the earth, men and women born and made of the elements, but with the spirit of the Divine within you, rise from your sleep of ignorance! Be sober and thoughtful. Realize that your home is not on the earth but in the Light. Why have you delivered yourselves unto death, having power … Read more

“There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own In autumn 202, I completed two new art prints that focused on two major cultural spots in the South east: Charleston Farmhouse and the writing lodge at Monk’s House. In this article I … Read more

‘And let the silver music of the luteAttend our going, as a sure road-mark, And that which fills the cup be substitute For stars to guide our journey in the dark.’ My heritage. Islamic culture. Islamic art. I was born in Granada, a historic town in the South of Spain, also known as the Nasrid … Read more

‘Everyone delights to spend their summer’s holidaydown beside the side of the silvery sea.I’m no exception to the rule, in fact, if I’d my way,I’d reside by the side of the silvery sea.’ From the song ‘I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside.’ Did you know this was a famous song written in 1907 … Read more

White Cliffs ‘And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.‘ ‘Sea Fever’ by John Masefield Art Print Collection The lush green chalk dry valleys meet the sea in a clean cut edge. And through the seasons and the constant … Read more

Brighton and Hove Illustrated Alphabet Early in 2020 I had the idea of the creation of this Illustrated Alphabet, but not until August 2020 I started the actual tasks of  planning, researching and drawing. It has taken me three months to complete. The illustrated alphabet has  snippets of the everyday life of Brighton and Hove. … Read more

I have often been asked after creating panoramic print to reproduce it under a different colour scheme. This request lead to the creation of a set of colour tonal palettes one of which I call ‘Pebble Beach’ My studio is in central Brighton. Early mornings I find myself on my way to the studio through … Read more

Architectural Panoramic Prints In the spring of 2020 I completed a collection of three prints that depicts three outstanding examples of Modernist and Art Deco buildings in the South Coast of England. They are from a period when new ideas and technologies sprung and shaped a new World. I am most interested to portray these … Read more

Asian Dragon Art 中國龍 Masterpieces of Chinese Paintings 700-1900 In 2013 I was fortunate to visit the iconic exhibition at the V&A in London ‘Masterpieces of Chinese Paintings 700-1900.’ This exhibition had some of the most remarkable examples of Chinese painting from 1200 years of tradition. At this exhibition, the artwork ‘Nine Dragons’ struck me … Read more

Visit to Dungeness 2012. When I first visited Dungeness in 2012, I felt captivated by the expansive landscape. Once there , you feel you are under the dome of a vast sky. I am interested in showing how architecture appears in a landscape. At Dungeness the modest Derek Jarman’s fisherman’s cottage sits surrounded by his … Read more

Brighton art has been in the scene since the city turned from a small fishing village to the most famous seaside resort of England. Artists such us Constable, Turner and many others have created Brighton art themed works. Brighton is known as ‘London by the sea,’ and indeed is a colourful and multicultural town. I … Read more