Hi, I’m Alexis Flack and thanks so much for visiting Wild Grown Art.

As a nature artist living near the ocean in South Jersey, I’m often outside exploring what’s wild in forests, beaches, and meadows, and what’s grown in gardens - looking for flowers, trees, insects, animals, and constellations. I create tree print paintings, cyanotypes, stained glass, and portraits from what I encounter to share nature’s beauty and encourage all of us to actively connect with and care for our planet. You can find more information below about the types of art that I create, as well as the juried shows & exhibitions, galleries and festivals, where they been shown or sold in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.

With creating art being even more enjoyable when it’s shared, I also teach nature art workshops as an educator with 20+ years of teaching experience.

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me if you’re interested in a nature art workshop or commissioning a piece of art. I’d love to hear from you.

And it’s up to you. You can email me at alexis@wildgrown.art or connect with me through Instagram @wildgrown.art.

Tree Print Paintings & Cyanotype Compositions

Creating a Tree Print Painting

Each tree’s print is unique and reflects the years of its growth, with a ring representing a year in its incredible life. Every tree print painting I create is its own story of a moment in a tree’s life paired with an idea inspired by nature - plants, animals, constellations, figures, and colors.

I most often use acrylic paint to print a tree’s cross-section because it rolls on smoothly, dries quickly, and is easy to clean up after I’m finished.

You can see how I do this in the following video - have a watch!

Creating a cyanotype

Cyanotypes are a type of print that use the sun’s power to create an image. This process was created in 1842 and is still used by artists today.

In the images to the left, you can see how I work with this process:

  • Before: I coat watercolor paper with iron-based fluid & create a composition atop it with flowers, feathers, pieces of embroidery, leaves, etc.

  • After: Once the paper has been exposed to the sun’s UV light, a print is created after several minutes because wherever there was a flower, leaf, etc., the sun could not reach the paper. But where it could reach the paper, a reaction occurs.

  • During: The paper is thoroughly rinsed with water during this reaction and it promptly stops.

  • Finished: The cyanotype dries for several hours and a print is left behind of the items originally arranged atop it.

Some of my favorite elements of nature to print with this process are daffodils, red bud tree leaves, daisies, hydrangea flowers, and feathers dropped by birds like osprey.

I also create cyanotype prints of human figures drawn on white paper & outlined with black marker at figure drawing classes I’ve attended in nearby Atlantic City.

Tree Print Paintings & Cyanotype Compositions

  • "Autumn Bouquet #1"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 5”x7” watercolor paper; framed to 10”x12” - SOLD (2024) Wheaton Arts Festival of Fine Craft

  • "Autumn Bouquet #2"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 5”x7” watercolor paper; framed to 8”x10” - AVAILABLE

  • "Autumn Harvest"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 8”x10 watercolor paper; framed to 11”x14” - SOLD (2022) One World Event with JustBe Farm, Linwood, NJ

  • "Believe in Yourself"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & embellishments, atop an 11”x14” gallery wrap canvas - SOLD (2024) Private Collector

  • "Beneath the Trees"

    Acrylic tree print (Ash) & embellishments on 11”x14” black mixed-media paper; framed to 16”x20” - SOLD (2021) Brigantine Art Walk

  • "Bee Mindful"

    Acrylic tree print (Oak) & watercolor embellishments on 8”x10” watercolor paper; framed to 11”x14” - SOLD (2022) Martha Spak Gallery, Washington, D.C.

  • "Autumn Moth & Mushrooms"

    Acrylic tree print (Oak) & embellishments on 8”x10” black mixed-media paper; framed to 16”x20” - SOLD (2023) Lang’s Art in the Garden, Linwood, NJ

  • "Balloons"

    Acrylic tree prints (Pine & Ash) & watercolor embellishments on 8”x10” watercolor paper; framed to 11”x14” - SOLD (2023) Private Collector

  • "Blue Garden #5"

    Cyanotype on 8”x10” watercolor paper; framed to 11'“x14” - SOLD (2023) Wheaton Arts, Festival of Fine Craft, Millville, NJ

  • "Blue"

    Cyanotype on 8”x10” watercolor paper; framed to 11”x14” - SOLD (2024) Private Collector

  • "Bright Ideas"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & embellishments on 8”x10” black mixed-media paper; framed to 16”x20” - SOLD (2021) Art on Asbury, Ocean City, NJ

  • "Butterflies"

    Acrylic tree print (Ash) & embellishments on 8”x10” black mixed-media paper; framed to 11”x14” - SOLD (2024) Private Collector

  • "Butterfly #1"

    Acrylic tree print (unidentified tree) & embellishments on 4”x6” black mixed-media paper; framed to 5”x7” - SOLD (2024) Wheaton Arts Festival of Fine Craft

  • "Butterfly #2"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & embellishments on 4”x6” black mixed-media paper; framed to 5”x7” - SOLD (2024) Wheaton Arts Festival of Fine Craft

  • "Butterfly Blue Moon"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments atop cyanotype on 8”x10” watercolor paper; framed to 11”x14” - SOLD (2022) Wheaton Arts Festival of Fine Craft, Millville, NJ

  • "Butterfly Moon"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & embellishments on 8”x8” mixed-media paper; framed to 12”x12” - SOLD (2022) Nashville North Studios, Linwood, NJ

  • "Confidence"

    Acrylic tree print (unidentified tree) beneath an acrylic-painted woman’s silhouette & embellishments, atop 11”x14” mixed-media paper; framed to 16”x20” - SOLD (2022) Nashville North Studios, Linwood, NJ

  • "Deer Moon"

    Acrylic tree print (Ash) & embellishments on 11”x14” watercolor paper; framed to 16”x20” (2022) gift to supplier of fallen trees used to make tree prints

  • Family

    “Family”

    Cyanotype with watercolor embellishments on 8”x8” watercolor paper; framed to 12”x12” - SOLD (2022) Nashville North Studios, Linwood, NJ

  • "Fleeting"

    Acrylic tree print (Ash) & embellishments on 8”x10” black mixed-media paper; framed to 11”x14” - SOLD (2022)  Private Collector

  • "Full Luna"

    Acrylic tree print (Ash) & embellishments on 11’x14” black mixed-media paper; framed to 16”x20” - AVAILABLE

  • "Going Home"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & embellishments on 11”x14” gallery wrap canvas - AVAILABLE

  • "Grow & Bloom"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 8”x10” watercolor paper; framed to 11”x14” - original NFS, but 8”x10” archival-quality prints available upon request

  • "Grow Your Own Way"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 5”x7” watercolor paper; framed to 8”x10” - SOLD (2023) Lang’s Art in the Garden, Linwood, NJ

  • "Healing Garden"

    Acrylic tree print (unidentified tree) & watercolor embellishments on 11”x14” watercolor paper; framed to 16”x20” - SOLD (2022) Private Collector

  • "Heart of the Woods"

    Acrylic tree print (Oak) & watercolor embellishments on 8”x10” watercolor paper, atop book page painted with acrylic embellishments; framed to 11”x14” - SOLD (2024) Earth Day Festival, Cape May CH, NJ

  • "Heartwood"

    Acrylic tree print (Oak) & watercolor embellishments on 8”x10” watercolor paper; framed to 11”x14” - original NFS, but archival-quality prints available upon request

  • Hope

    “Hope”

    Cyanotype with pencil embellishments on 8”x8” watercolor paper; framed to 12”x12” - SOLD (2023) Private Collector

  • "Hopeful Garden"

    Acrylic tree print (unidentified tree) & watercolor embellishments on 11”xx14” watercolor paper; framed to 16”x20” - original NFS, but archival-quality 8”x10” prints available upon requests

  • "How Time Flies"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & embellishments on 12”x12” gallery wrap canvas - AVAILABLE

  • "I Carry Your Heart in My Heart"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments, atop watercolor & cyanotype embellishments on 5”x7”watercolor paper; framed to 8”x10” - SOLD (2022) Nashville North Studios, Linwood, NJ

  • "It's Time"

    Acrylic tree prints (Ash, Mulberry, Pine) & embellishments on 18”x24” gallery wrap canvas - SOLD (2023) Wheaton Arts Festival of Fine Craft, Millville, NJ

  • "Jellyfish"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 5”x7” watercolor paper; framed to 8”x10” - SOLD (2023) Private Collector

  • "Little Sprout, Big Dreams"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 8”x10” watercolor paper; framed to 11”x14” - original NFS, but archival-quality prints available upon request

  • "Love Your Mother Earth"

    Acrylic tree print (Ash) & watercolor embellishments on 8”x10” watercolor paper; framed to 11”x14” - original NFS, but 8”x10” archival-quality prints available upon request

  • "Luna Moth & Mushrooms #1"

    Acrylic tree print (Oak) & embellishments on 8”x10” black mixed-media paper; framed to 11”x14” - SOLD (2023) Wheaton Arts Festival of Fine Craft, Millville, NJ

  • "Luna Moth & Mushrooms #2"

    Acrylic tree print (Oak) & embellishments on 8”x10” black mixed-media paper; framed to 11”x14” - SOLD (2024) Wheaton Arts Festival of Fine Craft

  • "Memories"

    Cyanotype & watercolor embellishments on 8”x8” watercolor paper; framed to 12”x12” - SOLD (2022) Nashville North Studios, Linwood, NJ

  • "Migration"

    Acrylic tree prints (Ash & Pine) & embellishments on 16”x20” gallery wrap canvas - SOLD (2024) Wheaton Arts Festival of Fine Craft

  • "Monarch & Milkweed"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & embellishments on 11”x14” black mixed-media paper; framed to 16”x20” - NFS

  • "Moon Goddess"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & embellishments on 8”x10” gallery wrap canvas; original NFS, but 8”x10” archival-quality prints available upon request

  • "Moonlit Garden"

    Acrylic tree print (Oak) & embellishments on 11”x14” black mixed-media paper; framed to 16”x20” - NFS

  • "Moonlit Moment"

    Acrylic tree prints (Ash, Pine) & embellishments on 11”x14” black mixed-media paper; framed to 16”x20” - AVAILABLE

  • "Mother & Child"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & embellishments on 8”x10” blue mixed-media paper; framed to 11”x14 - SOLD (2023) Earth Day Festival, ACUA, NJ

  • "Nocturnal Spring"

    Acrylic tree print (Ash) & embellishments on 11”x14” black mixed-media paper; framed to 16”x20” - SOLD (2024) Wheaton Arts Festival of Fine Craft

  • "Orion's Daughter"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & embellishments on 11”x14” gallery wrap canvas - SOLD (2024) Wheaton Arts Festival of Fine Craft

  • Peace

    “Peace”

    Cyanotype on 8”x8” watercolor paper; framed to 12”x12” - SOLD (2023) Private Collector

  • "Persephone"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & embellishments on 8”x10” black mixed-media paper - SOLD (2023) Lot 323 Art Sale, Woodbury, NJ

  • "Pumpkin"

    Acrylic tree print (Ash) & watercolor embellishments on 8”x10” watercolor paper; framed to 11”x14” - SOLD (2022) Private Collector

  • "Pumpkin Patch"

    Acrylic tree prints (Ash, Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 11”x14” watercolor paper; framed to 16”x20” - AVAILABLE

  • "Rainbow"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 5”x7” watercolor paper; framed to 8”x10” - SOLD (2024) Private Collector

  • "Rainbows"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 5”x7” watercolor paper; framed to 8”x10” - SOLD (2024) Wheaton Arts Festival of Fine Craft

  • "Refuse to Sink"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments with USPS Stamp on 5”x7” watercolor paper; framed to 8”x10” - SOLD (2024) Wheaton Arts Festival of Fine Craft

  • Remembrance

    "Remembrance"

    Cyanotype with watercolor embellishments on 8”x8” watercolor paper; framed to 12”x12”- SOLD (2022) Nashville North Studios, Linwood, NJ

  • "Sea Garden"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 8”x10” watercolor paper; framed to 11”x14” - SOLD (2024) Private Collector

  • "Seedlings"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 8”x10” watercolor paper; framed to 11”x14” - SOLD (2021) Art on Asbury, Ocean City, NJ

  • "Seven Sisters"

    Acrylic tree prints (Ash, Mulberry, Pine, unidentified tree) & embellishments on 18”x24” gallery wrap canvas - NFS

  • "Spring Bouquet #1"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 5”x7” watercolor paper; framed to 8”x10 - SOLD (2024) Private Collector

  • "Spring Bouquet #3"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 5”x7” watercolor paper; framed to 8”x10” - SOLD (2024) Earth Day Festival, ACUA, NJ

  • "Springtime"

    Acrylic tree print (Ash) & watercolor embellishments on 11”x14” watercolor paper; framed to 16”x20” - SOLD (2023) Earth Day Festival, ACUA, NJ

  • "Sprouts"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 8”x10” watercolor paper; framed to 11”x14” - SOLD (2021) Art on Asbury, Ocean City, NJ

  • "Storm Garden"

    Acrylic tree prints (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 8”x10” watercolor paper; framed to 11”x14” - SOLD (2021) Art on Asbury, Ocean City, NJ

  • "Summer Garden"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 8”x10” watercolor paper; framed to 11”x14” - SOLD (2023) Wheaton Arts, Festival of Fine Craft, Millville, NJ

  • "Sun & Moon"

    Acrylic tree prints (Pine) on 5”x7” black mixed-media paper; framed to 8”x10” - SOLD (2023) Wheaton Arts Festival of Fine Craft, Millville, NJ

  • "Sunrise Garden"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 8”x10 watercolor paper; framed to 11”x14” - original NFS, but 8”x10” archival-quality prints available upon request

  • "Sunflower"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 8”x10” watercolor paper; framed to 11”x14” - SOLD (2023) Private Collector

  • "Sunflowers"

    Acrylic tree prints (Pine) & embellishments on 11”x14” black mixed-media paper; framed to 16”x20” - SOLD (2023) Lot 323 Art Sale, Woodbury, NJ

  • "The Princess Saves Herself"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & embellishments on 8”x10” gallery wrap canvas - AVAILABLE

  • "Time"

    Acrylic tree prints (Ash, Pine) & embellishments on 11"x14" black mixed-media paper; framed to 16"x20" - SOLD (2021) Nashville North Studios, Linwood, NJ

  • "Time Flies"

    Acrylic tree print (Ash) & embellishments on 11”x14” black mixed-media paper; framed to 16”x20” - SOLD (2021) Art on Asbury, Ocean City, NJ

  • "Tranquil Tides"

    Acrylic tree prints (unidentified tree, Pine) & watercolor embellishments on 11”x14” watercolor paper; framed to 10”x20” - set of 2 - SOLD (2024) Private Collector

  • "Tread Lightly"

    Acrylic tree print (unidentified tree) & watercolor embellishments on 11”x14” watercolor paper; framed to 16”x20” - AVAILABLE

  • "Tree of Life"

    Acrylic tree print (Ash) & embellishments on 11”x14” watercolor paper paper; framed to 16”x20” - original NFS, but 8”x10” archival-quality prints available upon request

  • "Wildlife Conservation"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments & USPS Stamps on 5”x7” watercolor paper; framed to 8”x10” - SOLD (2024) Wheaton Arts Festival of Fine Craft

  • "Wonder"

    Cyanotype on 8”x8” watercolor paper; framed to 12”x12” (2022) Nashville North Studios, Linwood, NJ

  • "Honeysuckle"

    Acrylic tree print (Ash) & watercolor embellishments on 5”x7” watercolor paper; framed to 8”x10” - SOLD (2024) Wheaton Arts Festival of Fine Craft

Tree Print Paintings in Juried Shows and Exhibitions

  • "Tread Lightly"

    "Tread Lightly"

    Tread Lightly invites viewers to grapple with how to leave a smaller ecological footprint on our planet. I printed a curving cross section of a fallen tree using acrylic paint representing humanity's damaging wave of impact on the Earth. But bright, watercolor flora growing in the rotted out center of the tree imply we can become better stewards of the planet, if we tread lightly upon it. This painting was part of the Annual Juried Show - Ocean City Arts Center (2021) and the Global Garden show for the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut (2021 - 2022).

  • Nest

    "Nest"

    “Nest” is a trio of robin’s eggs painted in this nest created from the print of a rotted out tree. I created this tree print painting as the birds sang and the sun peeked through the clouds. A bird’s nest always makes me think of new beginnings and optimism. This painting won an Honorable Mention in the April group show, Signs of Spring, at Art on Asbury in Ocean City, NJ (2022).

  • “Bee the Light” tree print painting

    "Bee the Light"

    Since bees and other pollinators are in danger due to pesticides and habitat loss, I created this tree print painting that’s a synthesis of a hive of bees pollinating a fruit tree to create honey and a lightbulb to shine a light on this environmental issue. When we act as advocates for our fellow creatures, we can Bee the Light that brings attention to threats against them. This painting was part of the Shine the Light exhibit for Inside Small (2022).

  • Bee Mindful

    "Bee Mindful"

    “Bee Mindful” encourages the viewer to step into the rotted out center of a fallen tree to experience a garden of imaginary flowers, watched by the bee perched outside the tree's print. Bees pollinate flowers - be they flowers adored for their beauty or flowers that become fruit on trees - and they are critical to the world's ecosystems, but they are in danger due to the use of pesticides. This painting was part of the Art in Bloom show at the Martha Spark Gallery in Washington, D.C. (2022).

  • Midsummer Garden

    “Midsummer Garden”

    Like other folks, I grow vegetables during the summer. This Pine tree’s print is the rich soil where tomatoes, zucchini, and scarlet runner beans grew, waiting for raindrops. This painting was part of the Rapid Response Collection show of the New Jersey Artist Collective at Rowan College of South Jersey (2022).

  • Stand with the Trees

    “Stand with the Trees”

    “Stand with the Trees" speaks to the idea that nature cannot actually speak for itself in our government and voting system - and so we must stand with nature and give voice to preserving the planet by voting for representatives who support policies dedicated to curtailing climate change. This painting was part of the Voices and Votes: Democracy in America Exhibit at Atlantic Cape Community College, in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institute (2022).

  • Heart of the Woods

    "Heart of the Woods"

    As a child, I loved to sit in the woods and just listen. I’d be so quiet that I could hear my own heartbeat along with the sounds of the plants and animals. This painting was part of the Childhood Unmuted show for the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut (2023).

“Guardians” - a duo-show at Nashville North Studios, Linwood, NJ (2022)

  • Seven Sisters

    "Seven Sisters"

    Acrylic tree prints on an 18”x24” gallery-wrap canvas

  • "Wonder"

    Cyanotype with watercolor embellishments on 8”x8” watercolor paper; framed to 12”x12”

  • Confidence

    "Confidence"

    Acrylic tree print (unidentified tree) beneath an acrylic-painted woman’s silhouette & embellishments, atop 11”x14” mixed-media paper; framed to 16”x20” - SOLD (2022) Nashville North Studios, Linwood, NJ

  • Hope

    “Hope”

    Cyanotype with pencil embellishments on 8”x8” watercolor paper; framed to 12”x12”

  • "Persephone's Garden"

    Acrylic tree prints (Ash, Mulberry, Oak, Pine) & watercolor & cyanotype embellishments, paired with hand-embroidered watercolor flowers (daffodil, lavender, lily of the valley) on 11”x14” watercolor paper; framed to 16”x20”

  • Peace

    “Peace”

    Cyanotype on 8”x8” watercolor paper; framed to 12”x12”

  • "I Carry Your Heart in My Heart"

    Acrylic tree print (Pine) & watercolor embellishments, atop watercolor & cyanotype embellishments on 5”x7”watercolor paper; framed to 8”x10”

  • Remembrance

    "Remembrance"

    Cyanotype with watercolor embellishments on 8”x8” watercolor paper; framed to 12”x12”

  • Moonlit Moment

    "Moonlit Moment"

    Acrylic tree prints (Ash, Pine) & embellishments on 11”x14” black mixed-media paper; framed to 16”x20”

  • Family

    “Family”

    Cyanotype with watercolor embellishments on 8”x8” watercolor paper; framed to 12”x12”

  • Full Luna

    "Full Luna"

    Acrylic tree print (Ash) & embellishments on 11’x14” black mixed-media paper; framed to 16”x20”

  • Memories

    Cyanotype with watercolor embellishments on 8”x8” watercolor paper; framed to 12”x12”

  • "Sunflowers"

    Acrylic tree prints (Pine) & embellishments on 11”x14” black mixed-media paper; framed to 16”20”

Stained Glass Commissions

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Customer Feedback

  • Tree Print Paintings Commission

    “‘Tranquil Tides’ describes the feeling these paintings create for me.”

    -Jill

  • Nature Art Workshop

    From Instagram:

    beachpoetoc - Best day learning something new. Print making with pieces of trees and watercolors. Really fun experience. Thank you @wildgrownart

  • Bluebirds Stained Glass

    Stained Glass Commission

    “Hi!! I finally hung my/your bluebirds!! I love them!! I’m so grateful that you made this beautiful pieces of art for me. It truly makes my heart fill with joy whenever I look at it. Thanks so much, Alexis!”

    -Maureen

  • Tree Print Workshop

    Nature Art Workshop

    “I took a very cool Wild Grown Art- Print Making Class today. We used a slice from a tree for the print then colored it with water colors. I really enjoyed the entire class and the wonderful teacher. Check her out at Wild Grown Art.”

    -Michele