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| “Towards Lihou Island” © Tony Allain |
Name:
Tony Allain, DPANZ, PSA
Bio: Tony Allain was born and raised in the Channel
Islands and has been painting for over thirty five years, first becoming interested in painting and drawing at about
the age of 15 years old, when he saw a
French Impressionist exhibition in London, especially the work of Claude Monet. A self–taught artist, Tony spent the next
twenty years exhibiting with local art groups and societies and finding
galleries to show his work. When elected a member of the Royal Watercolour
Societies Art Club in 1977 he decided to become a full time painter. Tony moved
to St. Ives in Cornwall to paint with the Painters of Light before
moving to Nelson, New Zealand.
Tony has exhibited
extensively over the years, his work can be found in many leading New Zealand,
London and provincial galleries as well as private and corporate collections,
including the Maritime Museum, Guernsey.
In 2004 Tony was
commissioned to paint twelve paintings for the state rooms on board
the Queen Mary 2.
Tony is a
Distinguished Member of the Pastel Artists of New Zealand and a
Signature Member of The Pastel Society of America, and a member of the New
Zealand Academy of Fine Arts.
He has exhibited
with the Royal Society of Marine Artists in London.
His work is
regularly featured in The Artist and Leisure Painter and he has
featured in the Pastel 100 in 2008 and 2012, and in the French Pratique des
Arts. He was also featured in New Zealands Favourite Artists
2 (Saint Publishing, 2008) and in Masters of Pastel 2011
Medium: Pastel. Oil. For his pastels Tony uses textured papers and
boards. especially Colourfix Sanded Paper and Boards. He also uses Canson Mi Tientes for sketches. Unison
Pastels for their pure pigment, and Schminke Pastels for their softness complete his armamentarium
Subjects:
Landscapes, town and street scenes, maritime, figurative, still life.
Style: Brisk,
no-nonsense impressionist.
Navigation: Links
remain available at side of page.
Gallery:
Landscape; Oils; Plein air; Figurative; Still Life; Eight by Six
Image
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and dimension of original. Right click is disabled so regular download is not
possible. Towards Lihou Island is 10 x 12 ins.
Blog: http://www.tonyallainfineart.blogspot.ie/ - this probably ends in a different country domain depending on where you are.
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