My family and I moved to Frome from London 9 years ago, we were drawn to Frome's individuality, a gem amongst so many carbon copied towns.
As an artist I loved it's desire to embrace and encourage all aspects of the Arts, making it a little oasis.
I am an artist now but I started off training and working as a fashion designer.
As an artist I loved it's desire to embrace and encourage all aspects of the Arts, making it a little oasis.
I am an artist now but I started off training and working as a fashion designer.
After 10 years of travelling extensively both in Europe and the Far East with
my job I finally got the opportunity (thanks to my lovely husband) to put
the passport down and pick up a paint brush.
Obviously I haven’t had a classic
fine art training, but I think it sometimes helps, because if you don’t
know all the rules in the first place you don’t realise you’re
breaking them!!!! Freedom from restrictions is a great aspect of
being an artist; of course it doesn’t always work, but if you don’t
try you will never know.
I love experimenting with new techniques, something I learnt during my A
level art course at Peter Symmonds in Winchester. What a fantastic two years; we
were stretched to produce the very best and encouraged not to get too
precious bout our work as it could stop you from pushing the
boundaries. Hats off to John Morgan and his team for that. It was during
this time I knew my heart’s desire was to paint and, even though it
has taken a while, it never went away!!
One of the key aspects of my work at the moment is the use of reflective
materials and paint. It’s so exciting to see how a painting can change depending
on the positioning or lighting. However this can be a two edged sword as the
wrong position or light can be disastrous.
Well that’s more than enough about me. I hope you really enjoy this website.
Alex Howell x
my job I finally got the opportunity (thanks to my lovely husband) to put
the passport down and pick up a paint brush.
Obviously I haven’t had a classic
fine art training, but I think it sometimes helps, because if you don’t
know all the rules in the first place you don’t realise you’re
breaking them!!!! Freedom from restrictions is a great aspect of
being an artist; of course it doesn’t always work, but if you don’t
try you will never know.
I love experimenting with new techniques, something I learnt during my A
level art course at Peter Symmonds in Winchester. What a fantastic two years; we
were stretched to produce the very best and encouraged not to get too
precious bout our work as it could stop you from pushing the
boundaries. Hats off to John Morgan and his team for that. It was during
this time I knew my heart’s desire was to paint and, even though it
has taken a while, it never went away!!
One of the key aspects of my work at the moment is the use of reflective
materials and paint. It’s so exciting to see how a painting can change depending
on the positioning or lighting. However this can be a two edged sword as the
wrong position or light can be disastrous.
Well that’s more than enough about me. I hope you really enjoy this website.
Alex Howell x