Jesse Alexander is a plein air painter whose work is rooted in a lifelong immersion in the natural world. Working on location, Alexander paints directly from nature, capturing fleeting light and seeing what is felt. As a creative director for The Explorers Club, he has further deepened this connection, reinforcing a philosophy rooted in exploration, presence, and respect for the natural world.
Hudson River time Travel
Landscapes surrounding @olanafredericchurch and @thomascolesite exhibited at 314 Warren in Hudson, NY in the Summer of 2026.
Working en plein air, responding to the same terrain but through a modern lens. These works explore landscape as a shared space across time an ongoing collaboration between artists. As leading figures of the Hudson River School nearly two centuries earlier, Cole and Church helped define an American vision of landscape that viewed nature as a source of wonder, reflection, and a place to be preserved.
Olana Light 9”x12”
Thomas Cole House 9”x 12”
Olana 9”x12”
Catskill Porch 9”x12“
View from Olana 12”x9“
Osprey Nest on the Hudsons 9x12”
Osprey Nest on the Hudson 18”x24”
Olana on the Hill 18”x24”
NAture Study
There’s a mysterious loveliness in seeing things as what the really aren’t. Ten plein air oil paintings from here in New York, exhibited at M. Patmos in the Summer of 2026.
Fort Greene Purple 9”x12”
Prospect Park, 12”x9”
Prospect Park, 9”x12”
Prospect Park Fallkill Falls pond 12”x9'“
Prospect Park Fallkill Falls pond 9”x12'“
Prospect Park Fallkill Falls pond 12”x9'“
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Stripe 9”x12”
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Stripe 9”x12”
here and there
Eight plein air oil & soft pastel paintings from here in New York, exhibited at 314 Warren in Hudson, NY in the Spring of 2026.
Prospect Park, 12”x9”
Blue Hill, 12”x9”
Fort Greene Park, 10'“x8”
Prospect Park, 10'“x8”
Prospect Park, 10'“x8”
Far and Near
Fifteen plein air oil paintings from here in Brooklyn and abroad, exhibited at M. Patmos in the Summer of 2025.
Prospect Park, 12”x9”
St. Simons, Georgia, 12”x9”
Prospect Park, 12”x9”
Prospect Park, 12”x9”
Fort Greene Park, 12”x9”
Hyde Park, London, 12”x9”
Fort Greene Park, 12”x9”
Home studio, 12”x9”
fast times
Several plein air soft pastel paintings on sandpaper from here in Brooklyn, exhibited at Persons of Interest in the Fall of 2022
Fort Greene Park, 9”x12”
Grand Army Plaza, 12”x9”
Fort Greene Park, 12”x9”
Prospect Park, 12”x9”
Fort Greene Park, 12”x9”
Prospect Park, 12”x9”
Soft PAstels, Hard lights
Fourteen plein air, soft pastel, paintings on sandpaper from here in Brooklyn, exhibited at M. Patmos in the Fall of 2021.
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, 24”x18”
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, 24”x18”
Prospect Park, 12”x9”
Prospect Park, 12”x9”
Fort Greene Park, 12”x9”
Prospect Park, 12”x9”
Fort Greene Park, 12”x9”
Prospect Park, 12”x9”