Rae Alexander, born in Scotland, has been living and working in Switzerland since 2000.  She works as a graphic designer and produces her distinctive and colourful paintings in her spare time.

 

Earlier Rae had been accepted for Glasgow School of Art and Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne, however due to external forces was unable to take up these opportunities.  In the early nineties, Rae decided to retrain in graphic arts in Edinburgh.  This decision marked the end of a career in teaching and allowed her to fulfill a dream of being involved in work where her artistic talent could be used.  She had now worked for 17 years as a graphic designer.

 

In the summer of 2007 she started to paint in oils - to record and explore her creativity on canvas.  She is fascinated by the way the paint reacts to the canvas and how the colours combine and mix together.