We are delighted to be having our first solo exhibition, 'Wild Love', with Alison McWhirter BA MA.
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| Daisies and Cosmos |
Alison has become a highly sought after artist. She works with spontaneity, energy and passion. This is evident in all of her paintings.
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| Purple Iris |
Alison was born in Scotland in 1975. She attended Bath Academy where she trained as a painter gaining a BA in Fine Art in 1998. She continued her studies to gain a Postgraduate MA in Visual Culture 2000. Bath Academy of Art has produced such luminaries as the colourist Howard Hodgkin.
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| Alison McWhirter 2018 |
Her studies of flowers are intimate compositions which evoke a mood through their vibrancy of colour and loose bold brushwork. Her paintings are instinctive responses to her subject, often mixing paint directly on the canvas, so creating a sense of spontaneity which is prevalent in all her work. Alison's abstract works are sensorial responses to places which hover in the minds' eye, they seem to create a visual order all of their own.
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| Sierra Madre |
Alison has had exposure in The Scotland on Sunday in 2011 where she was described as 'The new Scottish Colourist'. In 2012 Homes and Interiors Magazine deemed her to be one of the top Contemporary Scottish Colourists making waves in the art world. Her instantly recognisable work is held in private collections throughout the UK.
She has shown internationally in 2014 and 2015 at New York Art Fair and Hong Kong Art Fair selling out in NYC. Her first solo London show in 2016 at The Russell Gallery was a major success.
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| Wild Flowers Looking For Summer |
'Wild Love' previews on Sunday 29 July and continues until 26 August 2018.
The paintings are available to view and reserve now on:
https://smithygallery.co.uk/exhibitions/view/alison-mcwhirter
A catalogue is also available on request.
