Autumn in Battersea at the Affordable Art Fair
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...
How to Paint Corfu (and other Mediterranean Places)
Get your hat, assemble your travelling kit and head out into the sun to paint the beauties of the Mediterranean with these useful watercolour technique pointers from Michael Alford.
Michael Alford One-Man Show at Wimbledon Fine Art, May 8-22
Michael Alford is pleased to announce his upcoming show at Wimbledon Fine Art. This major exhibition of over 30 new works includes examples of the artist’s trademark nudes and London cityscapes as well as seasonal beach scenes. A unique series of plein air oil sketches, painted exclusively for this show, highlight views of Wimbledon Common and The Village.
Critic David Buckman on the Work of Michael Alford
“Michael Alford is one of that group of painters for whom the sensation of oil under the brush is important. His particular magic is that this joy in the handling of paint remains clearly evident in the finished picture.” David Buckman
Michael Alford Painting Acquired by National Army Museum
“I sat on my helmet in the skull-splitting heat and painted the soldiers as they slept or chatted.” Michael Alford The National Army Museum has acquired Michael Alford’s painting, Patrol at Pan Kalay Police Station (above) for its national...
Painting the Nude: Artists Michael Alford and Steven Lindsay reveal the techniques that bring figures to life
by Susie Hodge A version of article originally appeared in the December 2014 issue of The Artist. From Michelangelo to Rubens, and from Ingres to Freud, people have been painting nudes for centuries and figure painting has rarely waned in popularity among artists and...
How to Transform a Room in Hours
Michael Alford demonstrates how to transform a room using the marouflage mural technique.
What is Trompe L’oeil–and How Do You Pronounce It?
Understanding and using trompe l’oeil in decorative painting.
MIchael Alford: War Paint
‘We could see the Taliban, they were no more than a few hundred yards away and occasionally they would take pot shots at us. The situation continued like that throughout my time there.’ From Tony Kane’s interview with Michael Alford