Alison Orchard
alison orchard
Alison paints direct from the landscape, both at home and on the Cornish Coast and develops her ideas and paintings in her Hampshire studio. She works in oil, acrylic and mixed media, enjoying pushing the limits of the painting. There is often a teasing interplay between sky and land, exploring ideas of nature, humility and overwhelming vastness.
''I aim to capture the feeling of a place, the varying qualities of light and the impossibility of skies.''
EDUCATION
Born in 1971. Alison first attended St. Ives School of Art in 1986 and at the age of 18 won the Scott, Brownrigg & Turner Award for Art, which funded a painting trip around Europe. She studied Fine Art painting as well as Sculpture at A-level and continued her art education at Epsom School of Art & Design (Foundation Diploma) and Harrow College, University of Westminster BA (Hons).
Group EXHIBITIONS
2018 Winter 2018 Show at Cameron Contemporary Art
2017 All Square at Cameron Contemporary Art
2016 Winter Show at Cameron Contemporary Art
2016 The Colour of Summer at Cameron Contemporary Art
2016 Wychwood Art at Stow on the Wold
2015 Winter at Art Agency, Esher
2015 Winter Show at Cameron Contemporary Art
2015 Coast: Where Land Meets Sea at Cameron Contemporary Art
2015 Coast & Country, Rownhams House, Southampton
2015 Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead Heath, Wills Art Warehouse
2015 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, GalleryOne
2015 Views & Variations, Wills Art Warehouse
2014 Pop up Christmas, Art Agency, Cobham, Surrey
2014 Shooting Stars CHASE exhibition, Royal College of Art, London
2014 Coast to Coast exhibition, Wey Gallery, Godalming
2014 3rd Anniversary Exhibition, The Art Agency, Esher
2014 Spring exhibition, Wey Gallery, Godalming
2014 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, with GalleryOne
2014 Exposed Layers Exhibition, Art Agency, Esher
2013 Mixed Winter Exhibition, The Wey Gallery, Godalming
2013 Belinda Taylor Art, Barnes
2013 Iona House Gallery, Woodstock
2013 Neville Contemporary Art exhibition, Guernsey
2013 Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead Heath
2013 Surrey Artists Open Studios
2013 Spring Exhibition, The Art Agency, Esher
2013 Affordable Art fair, Bristol
2013 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2012 London Art Fair, Islington,
2012 Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead Heath & Battersea
2012 Guernsey Fine Art Fair
2012 Surrey Artist Open Studios
2012 Mixed exhibitions at GalleryOne, Grayshott, The Art Agency, Esher, Jamm Art Gallery, Ewell, Denbies Wine Estate & The Lightbox, Woking
2011 Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead Heath & Battersea
2011 Surrey Artists Open Studios
2011 Spring Contemporaries, GalleryOne Grayshott
2011 The Battle Art Fair, East Sussex
2010 Cambridge Art Fair with Seascape/McAllister Thomas Gallery
SOLO SHOW
October 2009, Debut Solo exhibition "Arvor" GalleryOne, Grayshott