* ALISON MCWHIRTER
REVERIE; WAVING PALMS

oil on canvas, signed and titled verso
framed

image size 40.5cm x 40.5cm, overall size 46cm x 46cm

Note: Alison was born in Dumfries on 14 June 1975. In 1994 she embarked on a one-year foundation course at the Cumbria College of Art and Design in Carlisle. Immediately afterwards, she continued her training as a painter at the prestigious Bath Spa Academy (formerly the Bath Academy of Art), from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in Fine Art in 1998. She remained in Bath to continue her studies, and in 2000 was awarded an MFA in Visual Culture by Bath Spa University. Since that time, Alison has exhibited to wide acclaim nationally and internationally. Her works were included between 2013 and 2017 in the annual shows of the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts; from 2014 to 2018 at the New York Art Fair; in 2015 at the Hong Kong Art Fair; and in 2019 at the Singapore Art Fair. In 2021 ‘Pink Nude’ was shown at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. She had her first solo exhibition entitled ‘True Colours’ in 2016 at the Russell Gallery in London, where she continues to show every two years. In 2018 and 2020 memorable exhibitions entitled ‘Wild Love’ and ‘Painted Love’ respectively were held at the Smithy Gallery in Glasgow.