Court sketch artist and classically trained painter.
For twenty years I’ve drawn high-profile cases in Canada’s courtrooms for CBC, CTV, Global News and international media. I also take private portrait commissions, license my sketches and draw live at events.
- CBC
- CTV
- Global News
- The New York Times
- Washington Post
- Toronto Star
- Daily Mail
- Canadian Press
What I do
When cameras aren’t allowed in the courtroom, I’m the one drawing. I’ve spent two decades documenting high-profile criminal and civil proceedings, working to tight broadcast deadlines so editors have usable art the moment a hearing breaks.
The same training I bring to court goes into private portraits, licensed images for documentaries and textbooks, and live drawing at fundraisers and arts events.
Courtroom coverage
Live sketches for broadcast and print.
Portrait commissions
From a photo or drawn in person.
Licensing
Existing sketches for documentaries and textbooks.
Live events
Drawing, workshops and Q&A sessions.
Kind words
“Alexandra sketched my clients and me during a high-profile trial, and it serves as a beautiful, powerful commemoration of a pivotal moment in my career and in the lives of the victims/survivors I support. I am so grateful to have her artistic capture of that journey. She also allowed my publisher to reprint it in a new epilogue for my memoir, Through the Glass. Alex’s work does so much more than document what happens in a place where cameras aren’t allowed. She tells stories, shares perspectives, and communicates emotion. I highly recommend hiring Alex to capture you, your team, your event or your work.”
Shannon Moroney, Therapist, Author & Advocate
“We had Alexandra do a portrait of our colleague, retiring Judge at his final trial at the Ontario Court of Justice. We had it framed and gave it to him as a farewell gift. He was thrilled, we couldn’t have picked a better gift.”
Hedley Thompson
“Alexandra sketched a series of vignettes of our weekend wedding trip. We had them printed on postcards and sent them to our guests to say thank you. It was like a storybook of our time together and our guests loved them! Some had them framed and hung them at home. Gorgeous!”
Samuel DeMora