ALISON GILBERT
Alison’s work is very much influenced by her background in textile design, tending to focus on texture, pattern and colour rather than figurative imagery. Abstract birds, floral and butterfly motifs often feature as focal points. Mainly working in acrylics she builds up layers of collage and glazes to create rich textural surfaces with lots of depth and visual interest.
She is currently exploring various techniques for incorporating text and script in subtle and abstract ways.
In addition to paintings, she also creates small stitched and embroidered paper collages, printed feathers, giclée prints and porcelain / mixed media hanging panels.
