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As a painter I am most interested in crafting images that articulate the precise and abstract qualities of the natural world. My earliest influences were the works of Stanislaw Wyspianski, Gustav Klimt, Hundertwasser, and Hiroshige, all of which taught me the importance of composition and color use. As I buried my nose in astronomy books, and illustrated atlases of plants and animals, my appreciation of nature deepened.
 "Adam" by Ewa Alvarez
One of the forms I use in my work is the mandala. This geometric pattern is of Hindu origin and represents the cosmos metaphysically from the human perspective. Its symbolic nature can help one to access deeper levels of reality, assisting the observer to experience a sense of oneness with the unity from which the cosmos in all its forms arises.
I use my art to reflect the beauty of what surrounds us, while shifting the focus away from our self-imposed significance as a species. Like pearls in the net of Indra, we are interconnected particles in the cosmic ocean. I seek to illuminate this interconnectivity, by using a new visual language which inspires a deepening love and respect for nature. I see the growing ecological art movement as an emergence of the earth-mind waking us out of our unsustainable slumber
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Oil paints are made basically by mixing cold-pressed Linsed oil with pigment or color until a smooth buttery paint is produced. When the oil paint is used and applied to a surface the oil oxidizes or absorbs air and then forms a solid film that binds the pigment to the surface of the painting.