Much of my work references landscape, but not in the traditional sense.  I seek to explore the landscape as a metaphor, infusing emotion within the geography of a personal ‘scape’ – in effect, an inner landscape infused with the outer landscape.   Through the use of colour, texture and scale, each painting aims to provoke a suggestion of place allowing colour to create an instantaneous  connection

Alex Ayliffe is a contemporary abstract artist living and working near Woodbridge, Suffolk. Since 2017 she has painted full time and has established herself as a significant abstract artist. Her paintings explore an inner landscape of emotion and an outer geographical landscape. She uses colour, texture and scale to create the notion of a place within a place.

After graduating from Westminster University in 1983 Alex built a very successful career in illustration, becoming a best selling children's author and illustrator. In 2000 she won the Sainsbury's prize for children's illustration.
In 2019 she graduated with distinction from the University of Hertfordshire Master of Arts course in Fine Art. Since then she has pursued a new career as a contemporary abstract artist. Her works can be found in numerous private collections in the UK and overseas. Two of her works have also been selected for the University of Hertfordshire permanent collection.