NZAFA member and popular Wellington-based artist, Alex DiMercurio was the winner of the first regional competition ofthe Art Shows Across Aotearoa Gold Award at The Wellington Art Show for Shine Through, an impasto abstract-realist sunset cloudscape. The painting was chosen by celebrity judge Tom Webster of Grand Designs NZ, and won solid support from the wider community with the public votes.

Alex is a French-born New Zealand artist with a deep love for nature and art, blending post-impressionism, fauvism, and abstract realism into her own style. She has been a professional artist for over 16 years, connecting directly with curators and collectors across the globe.

She describes her mission as “to celebrate the simple beauty of the natural world by creating immersive and contemplative works that enhance our connection to nature and encourage a conservationist heart.” Exploring a reverence and deep connection to untouched natural environments and the outdoors is what has driven her desire to paint mostly trees, forests and flora, but she is enjoying expanding her creative palette with abstracts, landscapes, florals, portraits and still life.