Alyson Sheldrake
I am a full-time Algarve based artist creating bright and modern paintings. I am available for commissions.
MessageI am a self taught professional artist, and I am currently painting a wide range of modern style landscapes, seascapes and familiar objects within my self-titled ‘New Wave’ Collection. I am inspired by the reflections of light upon water and colour; and especially the intense warm light of the Algarve, where my studio is based.
I love the rich buttery texture of acrylic paint; preferring to prepare my own art boards; and I create modern ‘tablet’ style paintings with a hidden frame which are particularly suited to a modern decor.
My art will always contain a representational focal point – a boat, nesting storks, a path to the beach – which is then enhanced by an almost abstract series of ‘waves’ of colour and shape – allowing the viewer to bring their own imagination to the picture.
I have an honours degree in sport, and I am also a qualified teacher. I have 'A' levels in Art and English Literature – which explains my passion for art and my love of writing and blogging – but perhaps not why I spent 13 years working as a Police Officer; before leaving the Force to work my way rapidly up the education advisory service to become a Director of Education for the Church of England.
Giving up an illustrious and successful career in education may have seemed a crazy thing to do – but the creative call of my paints and brushes became too loud and insistent a sound to ignore. I now spend my days either in my studio painting; or out with my husband and his camera, exploring the many beautiful and unspoilt beaches of the Algarve; or hidden ‘local’ villages that dot the Portuguese landscape.
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