Alex Dickens' paintings first attracted attention when she was living in New York during the 1980s. She made St Ives her home in 1995, opening the Alexandra Dickens Gallery on Back Road. Since then her distinctive semi-abstract seascapes have been exhibited throughout the UK and the USA. She has undertaken a number of corporate commissions for clients in London and Cornwall - one of which involved producing 150 paintings for the Excel Centre. She says 'My paintings are abstractions and elements of reflected light, vibrant energy and raw emotion.'