visual poetry shaped by light, memory, and the Spaces Between

Blurred black and white photo of a city street with several people walking and buildings in the background.

I'm Alex Corvin, a US-born visual artist currently based in Spain. I work with both analog and digital photography as well as charcoal, ink, pastels, and watercolor. I return to certain scenes frequently: a figure walking through morning mist, light filtering through storefront glass, shadows that carry more weight than what casts them. I'm interested in what happens at the edge of recognition, where a scene won't quite come into focus.

photography

People walking through an airport terminal, some pulling luggage, in a blurred black-and-white image.
Black and white photo of an urban street scene with apartment buildings, people walking on the sidewalk, and an arched doorway in the wall.
Double exposure black and white photograph of a city street with buildings and people, creating a layered effect.

Between Here

There is no stillness, only the illusion of it. Everything flows, even stone. Even the moment you thought was solid dissolves the instant you try to hold it. We are ghosts in our own lives, casting shapes that refuse to settle into form.

Observations

Four Artists Who Shaped
How I See

When people ask about my influences, I return to four visual artists whose work fundamentally changed my approach to image-making. Each have taught me something different about atmosphere and the power of withholding clarity.

artWORK

Stillness

Stillness maps the weight of emptiness through charcoal, oil pastel, and watercolor. Landscapes that hold presence when no one is there, earth that welcomes us in and carries on without us.

A black and white watercolor landscape painting of a cloudy sky over a distant horizon with water and land, including artistic brushstrokes and textures.
Black and white landscape drawing of a field with three trees on the right side, distant hills, and a cloudy sky.

“Art is our portal to the unseen world”

― Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being