by Memphis | May 10, 2019 | Exhibitions, Interviews, Landscape, Painting Technique, Sketches, The Romería Series, Travel painting
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.
by Memphis | Jan 22, 2019 | Decorative painting, Landscape, Murals, Painting Technique
Michael Alford discusses the process of planning and making a bespoke dining room mural for a special family home in London.
by Memphis | Nov 5, 2018 | Exhibitions, Nudes, Painting Technique
The attraction to painting nudes is that it’s so difficult to get it right. You need correct draughtsmanship, colour, tone. You have to understand anatomy, even though you’re not really painting it. You start with a real person. You want to capture the specificity of...
by Memphis | Oct 4, 2018 | Exhibitions, Nudes, Press
by Memphis | May 1, 2018 | Cityscapes, Exhibitions, Press
A group show with new cityscapes by Michael Alford 21st February – 10 March THOMPSON’S GALLERIES 3 Seymour Place London, W1H 5AZT +44 (0) 207 935 3595...
by Memphis | Feb 26, 2018 | Interviews, Murals, Painting Technique, Press
Michael Alford speaks to Louisa Baumgärtel from the online art magazine Singulart and answers her questions about his early work, artistic inspirations and what compels him to paint cityscapes.
by Memphis | Nov 7, 2017 | Landscape, Painting Technique, Press, Travel painting
Michael Alford enjoys a private chat with Joan Bakewell during the filming of Landscape Artist of the Year 2017 on location in Knaresborough. On a blustery day last June 2017, Michael Alford joined a field of eight fellow artists in Knaresborough, all vying for the...
by Memphis | Jun 16, 2017 | British Impressionism, Cityscapes, Exhibitions, Painting Technique
The Impressionist movement in painting is associated most with Southern climes. Painters like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne. Éduard Manet and Camille Pisarro gravitated toward Provence where they could paint outside, capturing the vibrant colours and stark contrasts of...
by Memphis | Nov 14, 2016 | Afghanistan, Exhibitions, War Artist
Featured image: Transport, Helmand 2010 by Michael Alford The Tate Britain retrospective on Paul Nash (1889-1946), now on in London, reveals an artist of diverse interests and talents. Well known as a painter of expressive landscapes, Nash was involved in a wide range...
by Memphis | Oct 19, 2016 | Cityscapes, Exhibitions
Battersea is booming. Residents have only to look a the crop of cranes raised above the skyline to know that times are catching up with what was once a sleepy, leafy corner of the capital. Happily, some things remain the same. The Battersea Affordable Art Fair, in its...
