Creative? Always.

Photographer, Artist, Award-winner

Alexis Marie Robb-Chute is a kind and gracious individual, with a clear and burning passion for her art. She refuses to become complacent, ordinary or predictable. With an impressively creative and innovative mind, Alexis is constantly pushing the envelope with her art work.

“I like to evoke ideas with the things I create. I find that my passion and creative vision comes out when I push boundaries and change things.”

Alexis is the president of Living Images Art and Photography Inc. and its subsidiary, Always Alexis Marie. She is noted for her unique way of mixing different art and media forms… deftly combining photography, painting, drawing and even adding pieces with her sewing machine.

In high school, Alexis excelled in the subject of art. She took all three art credits back-to-back in Grade 10 and the first semester of 11, then found herself with no more art classes to take. When someone suggested she take photography, she scoffed at the idea.

“At first I thought to myself, ‘Photography! That’s not art! Why on earth would I take photography?’ But I took it anyway and I absolutely love it.”

She shot her first wedding while still a senior at Scona High School. Now 25, Alexis has been seeing the world through a camera lens ever since. She continued accepting assignments and experimenting with mixed media while completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Alberta. She started her company five years ago.

Alexis and her husband Aaron recently returned from a 15-month sojourn to New Zealand, where she expanded her portfolio and gained experience in fashion photography. Last year, she won 10 Iris awards from the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers for her landscape, wedding and art images; she also received the Kodak NZ silver award for wedding photography. In February, Alexis added two Accolades of Excellence from Wedding and Portrait Photographers International to her trophy shelf. Her first published travel article with photos appeared in Destinations.

“I love creating. Whether it’s writing or painting or creating a photograph, just the act of creating something from nothing… just seeing what it evolves into is incredible for me.”

Alexis and Aaron, a high school teacher who also works with her as a photographer, are expecting their first child—a girl—in November. Alexis says they will happily bring her into the family business.

- Written by Lauren Henrie, Edmontonians September 2009