winter's firm grip
the sun trying in vain to burn through that high, icy canopy above.
the work of ALISON DUNLOP |
wandering thoughts and images from the studio |
This wonderful drawing by Leonardo was one of the first images to inspire me when I was young.... the intimate marks on the paper tracing the interplay between mind, eye and hand, transforming a 2 dimensional surface into the illusion of something sculptural and pulsing with life!
Whenever I'm struggling and find that my focus has slipped or my creative juices aren't flowing for some reason, I turn back to my first love: drawing. This most direct and intimate way of making marks on a surface, of recording ideas and impressions always seems to cut through any blocks I might have and helps me to find a way back on my journey!
Early morning light, the kettle boiling, I looked out through the window and caught the piercing eye of this noble savage. Before long, companions joined him and locked horns, practicing their rutting manoevres! What a privilege, to have such a close encounter with these beasts!
Very pleased with my wood-pile... such satisfying work!! My stack in its temporary position, sheltered against the dune-bank before the wood-store gets built next week - fingers crossed. The studio has an incredibly hungry stove...
Born in Canada in 1958, Alison began her studies there before continuing in France and Britain. In 1982, after completing an Honours Degree in Fine Art at the University of Guelph, she came to Scotland to undertake postgraduate studies at Edinburgh College of Art, and has made Scotland her home.
In 1989 Alison was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour and is a past Vice-President of the Society. She also served as President of Visual Arts Scotland for three years in the 1990s and has been made an honorary life member.
She was a founding Director of The Exhibiting Societies of Scottish Artists (ESSA) and a founding member of the Edinburgh College of Art Alumni Association.
Twice the recipient of the Greenshields Foundation Scholarship, she has been short-listed several times for the Noble Grossart Painting Prize and received the Alexander Graham Munro Award from the RSW in 1997 and the John Gray Prize in 2007.
Alison works from both her original studio near Edinburgh and her new one in an old barn on the coast of Ross-shire in the North-West Highlands.
This site will be for highlighting individual works and random images and thoughts.
Her main website is www.alison-dunlop.com
All work shown is licensed under Creative Commons [BY-NC-ND].
