Artist Bio: Alison Clark |
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ALISON CLARK Website: www.alisonclarkwildart.com Located Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Africa’s animals and wild places have held a fascination for Alison since childhood, especially the big cats – the grace and speed of the cheetah, the charisma of lions and the stealth and beauty of leopards. Like many wildlife artists, she hopes the beauty of the animals in her paintings will not only be appreciated for their own sake, but also to foster a desire in people to conserve the wildlife. After her first amazing trip to East Africa, she decided to paint African wildlife and prefers to use references she obtains herself from observations in the wild. She regularly returns to Africa to gather reference material and perform volunteer work with wild animals, assisting researchers and observing the animals in their natural habitats. As a result, she has had some amazing experiences. Passion for these animals has grown more with each trip as her understanding of them deepens. “I feel this immersion in their environment is essential to bring authenticity to the images I paint, to get the right feeling on canvas that reflects the experience of being there with them and elicit an emotional response from viewers,” she says. Alison also paints horses, another life-long passion as she has owned and ridden horses for over 30 years. She studied pastel with Regina Hona and oil with Stephen Powell and has won awards for her animal paintings. Her work has been featured in Australian Artist and Sabona magazines, the US collectors’ magazine Wildlife Art and is featured in the book An African Legend: White Lions and Leopards. In 2013 Alison completed a wildlife photography internship in South Africa and graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor Of Science (Zoology). GALLERY REPRESENTATION / REGULAR EXHIBITIONS Old Post Office Gallery, Seymour. Victoria, Australia Tel: 61 03 5792 3179 Regularly exhibits at WASA and Pastel Society of Victoria exhibitions SERVICES OFFERED Commissions accepted in oil, acrylic or pastel for wildlife and pet/equine portraits. Teaching: Animal painting classes in pastel or oil on Saturdays from 10.30am-12.30pm, private lessons by appointment. AWARDS 2016: Best Painting $500-$1000 Knox Art Show 2015: Runner up Fauna, Pastel Society of Victoria, Australia 2012: Pastel Society of Victoria, Australia. Annual Exhibition Highly commended for "Border Patrol - Cheetahs" Wildlife Art Society of Australasia, Wild Awards Bronze Award for "Beware the Long Grass" 2011: Pastel Society of Victoria, Australia. Annual Exhibition Runner Up, Fauna, for "I Can Hunt, Too" 2009: Pastel Society of Victoria, Australia. Annual Exhibition Winner Best Animal Kingdom "Big Daddy and Me" AGRA Seasonal Exhibition Highly Commended "What's Under that Rock?" 2007: Pastel Society of Victoria, Australia. Annual Exhibition Winner Best Animal Kingdom "Watching" MEMBERSHIPS Pastel Society of Victoria Wildlife Art Society of Australasia Australian Guild of Realist Artists |