Figures of thought and moments in time..

Flower portraits and people

On growing old and growing up...

“I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias.” ― Maya Angelou. Letter to my Daughter

Magic and beauty

“The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.” — Kahlil Gibran, The Broken Wings

Creating bespke art for your walls starring you…

Bringing nature home

I believe in God, only I spell it nature” Frank Lloyd Wright.
Bringing nature home with my bespoke floral prints. Pls DM to start the conversation on immortalising your favourite flower…

Bringing nature home

The Very Dark Month

“Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep.” — David Almond

The Very Dark Month — prints available to purchase..

True seeing...

“After all, the true seeing is within.” ― George Eliot, Middlemarch

Flower power...

Living a beautiful life with fewer things // bespoke floral Christmas gifts // immortalising your favourite flower with me // giclée printed on fine art paper 325gsm hahnemuhle photo rag...♡

Here they come the beautiful ones...

“When we think of the past it's the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that.” ― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

My favourite flowers are in season and so I am running floral portrait sessions to capture your favourite flowers in bloom - either in your garden or here in my studio. Your flower is giclée printed on hahnemuhle paper giving it a painterly timeless feel ♡ Please DM to find out more ♡

The social garden

... in south east London currently starring my favourite tulip, the Angelique

© Alexandra Dao