Growing Toward the Sun, large textured abstract, 122cm x 92cm

Growing Toward the Sun, by Alanah Jarvis
Part of the Weathered Nature Series, Growing Toward the Sun is a celebration of optimism, resilience and the quiet instinct to keep reaching for light.
Layers of weathered soft sage and deep forest green create an earthy, timeworn landscape, while touches of white and warm golden yellow emerge like sunlight finding its way through dense growth. Scraped textures, softened marks and shifting areas of colour give the painting the feeling of a surface shaped by nature, carrying traces of rain, wind, stone and changing seasons.

There is an uplifting energy beneath its rugged texture. The golden details seem to rise through the cooler greens, bringing a sense of warmth, possibility and renewal. Growing Toward the Sun is a reminder that growth does not need to be perfect or hurried. Sometimes happiness is found simply by continuing to turn toward what brings us light.

For a more refined presentation, this piece pairs beautifully with the gallery’s Priority Framing option. A considered frame adds structure to the raw, weathered texture of the work, giving it a finished presence while still allowing the natural movement and depth of the painting to remain the focus. It’s a simple way to elevate the piece, making it feel at home in both modern and rustic spaces.

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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.