My artwork reflects my background in interior design and theater.  My sculptures and paintings are characterized by a love of process, a strong sense of color, storytelling, mechanisms, manipulation of materials, humor, and playfulness.  The intensive handwork involved in the creation of my work allows it to cross the boundary between fine art and craft.

coming soon:  To see great images of works dating back to 2004, you can peruse my Behance Portfolio!

New VIDEO:  "The Making of a Monster"

©2010 Alex Mitchell, BRUTUS, Marionette Sculpture

In 2009 I started working on my "Me-Monsters."  To come up with them I took different parts of my ego and invented a ridiculous, obnoxious, funny-looking monster for each part.  I started making the monsters as marionette sculptures. Once I got all the monsters physically manifested in cardboard stage, I turned to painting to figure out how I might finish each one.

In 2010 I have returned to my marionette sculptures to finish them.

VIDEO:  "El Happy Mundo: The Work in My Studio"

©2008 Alex Mitchell, LOVE STORY, Pedestal Sculpture

In 2008 I put together a show called "El Happy Mundo."  For this body of work, I took two parts of my personality and simplified them into opposing ideas:  my unending reserve of ingenuous optimism versus my skeptical sarcastic attitude.

On display were wood sculptures which included the "Knock-Knock Series" dealing with emotions of loneliness, anger, cruelty, and greed.  In contrast, in another room "The Kitties" fabric sculptures were displayed representing beauty and innocence as the colorful inhabitants of an imaginary world called "La-La Land."