A chat with Cape Town artist Alexis Christodoulou One of our favorite Instagram discoveries lately is the work of Cape Town-based artist Alexis Christodoulou. Delicious pinks, blues, and yellows, mixed with ever-satisfying tiles, arches, and pools?one just can?t help but swoon and surrender to wanderlust at the ultra-dreamy spaces overflowing his feed.
But when you go look for the geotag or tap into the comments to see where you can visit such a magical place, you might be a bit disappointed to realize that everything looks so dreamy for a reason. Indeed, all of Christodoulou?s creations are completely digital.

A winemaker by day and architect of escapist fantasies whenever else he finds time, Christodoulou has been posting these impressive digital renderings regularly for the past year as a kind of self-imposed creative challenge. And the result is a non-stop visual feast for some 13,400 followers and counting. Take a quick peek at his page and you?ll notice that every piece is a celebration of light, space, and material?in other words, architecture. So it?s no surprise that Christodoulou turns to architectural precedents to inform his creations. Below, we interviewed the artist via email to learn more about his inspirations and process; some questions and responses have been edited for clarity. Do enjoy a selection of his work along the way.

Curbed: We?ve read that your work is influenced by architecture, especially modernist architecture. Can y...