Alison Chaplin

I am a full-time artist and I paint in oils and acrylics on canvas. I live opposite Epping Forest and find the forest a constant inspiration for my art. Recently I have been exploring the effects of the light within the forest; the shadows playing upon the forest floor and the shadows cast by the leaves on the tree trunks. I paint and sketch in the forest and also use my own photographs to aid me in my compositions.
Living, as I do, on the edge of Epping Forest; when I turn away from the woodland, I find myself facing London and a very urban landscape. The Town-scape has inspired me to paint figures in this, contrasting, environment. I have been concentrating on people who seem lost in their own private world while waiting at bus stops, for trains or for friends to join them. People who are lost in thought as the city moves, at speed, around them.
My art training was in London and I have exhibited widely. Recent solo exhibitions include 'Stone Space Gallery, London E11, 'The Artefact Gallery' London W1, 'The View Gallery' London E4, '54 The Gallery' London W1, 'Gallery 27 Cork Street' London W1.

Art Diploma from Walthamstow School of Art

‘A Walk in the Forest: A Stroll in the Park’
Solo exhibition in Ice House Gallery, Holland Park, London W8 6AU
Opens Saturday July 27th: Ends August 5th
Every day from 9-30am to 5pm

'When Nature Seemed One Endless Song To Sing' Solo Exhibition in The Ice House Gallery, Holland Park, London W8 6LU 3rd Aug - 11th Aug 2019

'Unblocked' with Creative Bloc: exhibition 20th April 2017 -5th May 2017 Lopping Hall Loughton Essex IG10 4LN

'Seasons in the Forest' at The View Gallery, 6 Rangers Road, Chingford, London E4 7HQ 30th Jan - 29th Feb 2016 10am - 5pm Tues - Sunday

PARALLAX INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, Chelsea Town Hall, King's Road, London, SW3 5EE. 24th & 25th Oct. 2015
SUMMER ART SHOW, The View Gallery, 6 Rangers Road, London E4 7QH 12th July-27th September 2015
CREATIVE BLOCK EXHIBITION, Pictorem Gallery, 383 Hoe Street, London E17 9AP 24thJuly-29th August 2015
UNITY IN VARIETY,Gabriel Fine Art, Old Paradise Yard, 20 Carlisle Lane SE1 7L, 27th March - 12th April 2015
ArtFinder pop-up exhibition at the Foundry in Camden Stables Market, Camden, London 26th February to 1st March 2015
''Town & Country' Solo Exhibition at Loughton Art Centre, Loughton, Essex IG10 22nd March- 4th April 2014
'Epping Trees' Solo Exhibition a...