Artist Pauline Alldis is a truly talented woman, while studying a general art course at college Pauline was lucky enough to meet and be tutored by Gavin Watson, a fantastic artist. She then moved onto university where she was to be tutored by the amazing artist and sculptor David Cemmick. Pauline’s work is now compared to that of Fabian Perez and Jack Vettriano. With her use of colour and detail still visibly influenced from her time with Gavin Watson after all these years and her ability to create mood and atmosphere within her own natural talent Pauline’s work is undeniably beautiful even if not to your taste.
In 2015 Pauline was diagnosed with MS (multiple sclerosis) this as you can imagine has changed her life hugely in many, many ways. As far as her painting is concerned, (at the moment) Pauline is painting at a much slower pace and is incredibly thankful that she made the move from watercolours to oil painting, as its workable for longer.
Here Pauline tells us about the process and influence behind her work:
‘I love painting figurative pieces and portraits, capturing the atmosphere and the small details are very satisfying when they work out right, it might be a curve in a shadow or a hint of something in the background catching the light.
My paintings start with a photoshoot, I’m lucky enough to have great friends that will pose for me while I find the shot, I’m looking for. From there I create a small pencil sketch to work out the composition of the final larger original. I then sketch this final draft on to the large canvas and begin to build up the layers and colours, adding the shadows and details throughout the process. As I begin to finalise a painting I need to check back through my photographs and remember the scenery, weather, and lighting. Once the shadows across the whole painting are making sense the story of the painting should then be more obvious to the viewer. I then set about finalising the figures skin tones and shadows.’
See the full range of work by Pauline Alldis here