Alex Mendelssohn,
one of the world's most prolific abstract artists
{ Over 3000 oil paintings in 44 years}
Alex Mendelssohn's hallmark opalescent hues and ebullient intensity mark his favourite themes. Here are creations of a child-like fascination for fantasy and the mystical:
Signature wash of opalescent colours. A shrouded figure and three aliens in this exotic portrait.
The child in the artist and his love of burlesque and the rainbow.
Fluid astract rendition of a multitude of faces and the Samurai is in the midst.
Exuberant flowers sprout from a vase that is a tree trunk declares that the Flower of Life cannot be contained.
Voluptuous fecunt feminine forms.
Big eyes as windows to the soul.
One More for Picasso, 2011 Cheeky chortle at Picasso's art and his three major women.
Alex Mendelssohn's fascination with the spirit world manifests in ubiquitous tiny soul figures in many paintings.
Tiny souls dancing on strange eggs in the background.
Outer space and aliens are recurring themes.
Like many artists living in the Australian outback, he often paints one of Australia's best known wildflowers - sturt's desert pea.
Early childhood fascination with his uncle Arnold who was a musical clown sparks many clown paintings spotting the guitar and piano.
An angel painted with wings fanned out like Christ on the Cross watches over a group of entertainers.
Glints of the opal and the artist's intensity in his paintings of landscape and scenery.