“I am exploring the positioning of classic English gardens in the major tourist area that we live in (Olinda Victoria). It has always struck me as a very strange phenomenon that visitors flock up here to visit gardens devoted to European flora when another couple of steps will take you to a number of national parks with the most stunning fern gullies and largest flowering eucalypts in the world. A clash of English froth against brilliant native flora using my large collection of vintage English fabrics and Vintage Australian souvenir cloths.”

Alicia Cornwell on ‘Souvenir’

Alicia is a full time artist specialising in oils of Still Life. Working from her studio in Olinda on top of Mount Dandenong just outside Melbourne, she is inspired by her collection of Vintage and Antique fabrics she has collected during her 25 years as a Vintage Merchant for interior design in her previous career.

 Alicia completed her Bachelor of Fine Art degree in 1985 with a Diploma of Education tacked on after that and has been working creatively since.

 Alicia is the proud WINNER of the Still Life Category for Art Lovers Australia Art Prize 2022 AND Bluethumb Art Prize in 2021. She has also been a finalist in Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award (Gallery Hang) and the Omnia Art Prize 2021 among others