Alison Wilson

Based in the UK, Alison trained at the Slade School of Art. Her work on this site is chiefly painings in oils on equestrian subjects from racing and hunting to coloured gypsy horses, though she also works on other subjects such as landscape and life painting and spends a lot of time drawing.

Some years after leaving the Slade, and following a long tradition in English painting, she worked as a freelance scenic artist in the theatre, painting scenery for a wide range of productions from pantomime to opera. During this period she also studied advanced scene painting techniques at the Lester Polakov Studio, New York.

In the early 90′s, Alison left the theatre and taught life drawing to art students. This was as a result of her belief in the importance of passing on the traditional drawing skills which are no longer taught in many art schools. Though she has now been a full-time artist for over ten years, she still teaches advanced students occasionally.

Alison’s rigorous attention to detail in technical as well as artistic matters is evident when the paintings are closely examined; they are painted on linen canvases prepared by the painter herself using traditional methods and materials of the highest quality.