About Alison Nash
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Biography
I've painted and drawn
from an early age using various mediums but I now usually use pastel
pencils. I am inspired by my love for animals and nature and the
desire to capture a moment in time—animals running or playing, or a
particular expression. I like to put a lot of detail into my work
until the fur looks good enough to stroke! I love the way pastel
pencils can be blended and the way they can be manipulated to show
fine detail in fur, whiskers, and feathers, etc. I'm self-taught and
work from my studio in Dorset.
My other love is mixed media mosaics. I use lots of glass beads, flowers, leaves, found objects, semi-precious beads and stones, and much more. My pictures take many hours to complete, and I become totally absorbed in the process. Each bead is added individually, and often there are thousands of them.