Marilyn Allis

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Artist Name: Marilyn Allis
Artist Home Page: www.marilynallis.com
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Tuition

 

Biography

Marilyn won the SAA Artist of the year 1999 with the water colour "Ben at Weymouth"
She had great fun taking part in the Channel 4 program water colour challenge in Bath City Centre, after she had been painting for 2 years.
Winning the Daler Rowney Front page competition offered the opportunity to hold a trio exhibition in the Royal Common Wealth Club in London.
In the year 2000 a painting was accepted for the Royal Inistitute of painters in water colour.
2003 saw a painting of the Salisbury Street musicians reach the finals of the International Artist magazine.

Marilyn teaches regulary in Dorset and other areas. Her first book, people Aren't Scary (Really)50 pages of colour illustrations and 10 demonstrations of ideas to include people in your paintings, made easy. Her 2nd book is Animals on the loose with 10 demonstratios to crreate atmospheric unusal impressionistic animals.Out now Painting Dorset in water colour 140pages with 33 ideas and demonstrations. There are DVD's to go with these books, or you can view on SKY 166

 

Exhibitions

 

Awards

April 2003 Finalist in the SAA Artist of the year competition
November /December 2002 International Artist runner up in people Competition
2002 Finalist in the international artist magazine
July 2002 Runner up Artist & Illustrator logo competition
September 2001 The Lady waterford award Highcliff Castle for best painting in exhibition
August 2001 The Best water colour painting In the Greyfriars Exhibition
August 2001 The Best Landscape painting in the Dorchester Art Club Exhibition
2001 Started writing demonstration articles or the paint magazine.

Spring 2001 The Little Hen accepted by the Royal Institute in Water Colour Painters The Mall Galleries London.

July 2001 Leisure Painter Spring competition Runner up with Spring Chicken
July 2001 Artist & Illustrators Competition Curious Runner up
October 2000 Runner up in the Conte Leisure painter competition

September 2000 SAA Winner Christmas card Competition

September 2000 Common Wealth Club Exhibition as part of the prize organised by Daler Rowney for the front page Competition


May 2000 Taking part in the Water Colour Challenge program

June 2000 SAA highly commended seascape Enjoying the view Weymouth

June 2000 SAA highly commended Animal Three Travellers

June 2000 Amateur SAA Best in Townscape Ice creams on the street

June 2000 Salisbury Art care runner up with Eastern Travellers also two highly commended works


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Media

Acrylic Inks, Acrylics, Collage, Drawing, Mixed Media, Oils, Pen & Ink, Pen And Wash, Pencil/Charcoal, Watercolour

 

Subjects

Abstract, Animals, Buildings, Figure, Impressionism, Seascapes and Water, Townscapes, Wildlife