 What characterises an Alex Mendelssohn art piece is the opalescent luster and an other-worldly sensuous quality that creates a sparkly zestful presence.In a video interview by Jase Munn Melbourne (April 2013), Mendelssohn revealed that he studied how light fell on paintings during various times and bathed them in colours to suit changing light.His creative ardour is reflected in his great body of work and beloved themes of the eastern exotic, feminine form, clowns and musical instruments, spirit worlds, outer space, landscape, cityscape, and vibrant textural paintings of semi-abstract flowers in unbridled abandon.