Michael Alford’s Lightweight Plein Air Kits for the Road
Light, lighter, lightest. Michael Alford reveals the contents of his four main setups for plein air painting in any situation, from the wilds of Oman to your local park.
Paint Media for Plein Air Painting: Compared
Image: Michael Alford plein air painting in Amorgos, Greece. By Michael Alford For me, plein air painting is a natural thing to do. It combines my passion for the great outdoors with my love of painting, and it’s fair to say I’ve been doing it most of my life. The...
2023 Summer Solo Show at Wimbledon Fine Art
Paintings inspired by home, paintings inspired by travel. The cityscapes, city scenes, beach scenes and travel paintings in Michael Alford’s latest solo exhibition provide a glimpse into the varied life and limitless curiosity of a painter at large in the world.
Back to Life: New Painting by Michael Alford at Wimbledon Fine Art
The pandemic disrupted all of our lives in different ways. Michael Alford celebrates a return to life and optimism with a solo exhibition at Wimbledon Fine Arts featuring landscapes, cityscapes, city scenes and travel paintings.
Painting Through the Pandemic
How does an artist keep creativity flowing during a global pandemic? Michael Alford discusses the difficulties, and the surprising discoveries, of painting through the Covid period.
Painting a Pilgrimage: The Romería Series
In May of 2018, painters Michael Alford and Marcus Hodge traveled to Andalusia to draw inspiration from Spain’s largest religious festival, the Romería del Rocío. Here Alford talks about the way this adventure inspired his ambitious suite of paintings, The Romería Series.