All hands on deck - coastal wave ocean abstract seascape

All hands on deck – by Alanah Jarvis
Exclusive to Bluethumb, this painting pays tribute to and acknowledges the Australia’s First People throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community.
‘All hands on deck’ is an old maritime saying and was a call to action meaning that everyone needs to assist in resolving a problem or situation.
Australians have witnessed comradery in recent years thanks to the 2020 bushfires and the ongoing floods in NSW. We have seen that we come together to help one another, whether be family, friends or strangers, and we need ‘all hands on deck’ to continue to help one another and to prevent further devastation caused by Global Warming.
This oil painting has been framed in timber and the sides have been painted to ensure no blank canvas is seen.
If you like this painting, but its not perfect for you, contact me to arrange a commission.

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Alanah Jarvis is an Australian painter working from her studio in Bayside, Melbourne, with more than 466 original works now hanging in homes across Australia and internationally. Her practice moves between two bodies of work: the Abstract Weathered Series and the Realistic Ocean Series.

The Abstract Weathered Series is grounded in wabi sabi, the idea that beauty lives in what is worn, imperfect and shaped by time. These are heavy textured artworks built through layering, palette knife and impasto work, then eroded back, so the surface carries the same marks that wind and water leave on stone, timber and earth. The palettes are drawn from Australian nature: ochre, blush, weathered white, dark green & gold. Each contemporary abstract painting is made to reward a second look, colour that shifts with the light, and texture you want to reach out and touch.

The Realistic Ocean Series turns to the coastline. Painted in oil, these seascape paintings and underwater works follow the ocean's changing light and movement, the surface from above, the stillness beneath. They bring space, breath and calm into a room.

Alanah paints on recycled polyester canvas, built to outlast natural fibre canvases. Reclaiming material that would otherwise be discarded has shaped how she works: the surface arrives with a history already in it, which suits a body of work about the marks time leaves behind. She founded Sustainable Canvas to make that material available to other artists and the range was awarded Gold for Product Innovation at the ROAR Awards, recognition for the same canvas these paintings are made on.

Alanah was named a Top 50 Small Business Leader by Inside Small Business (2025) and a Top 100 Finalist in the She-Com Business Awards (2026).

Originals ship ready to hang unless the listing states otherwise. Commissions welcome, Alanah works with collectors and interior designers on pieces made for a specific space, palette and scale.