Soraya French
| Soraya French | |
|---|---|
| Native name | ثریا فرانسه |
| Born |
1957 Tehran, Iran |
| Known for | Author of educational books and acrylic painter |
| Website | http://www.sorayafrench.com/ |
Soraya French (born 1957 in Tehran) is an Iranian artist known for her vivid use of colour in acrylic based multimedia and has produced two books with Harper Collins,[1] 30 Minute Acrylics, and Dynamic Acrylics. Townhouse films[2] have produced an instructional DVD with Soraya called Dynamic Acrylics.
Work
She is a regular contributor to The Artist magazine and regularly holds painting workshops in her studio at Project Workshop. She is a demonstrator for GOLDEN artist colors.[3]
She is a member of the Society of Women Artists (SWA),[4] Society of All Artists (SAA),[5] Society for Floral Painting (SFP), Wallop Artists[6] and is the president of the Andover Art Society.[7] She has won various awards, the most notable are the Daler Rowney Choice Awards at Society of Women Artists.
Soraya is a versatile artist working in watercolours, oils, pastels, acrylics and mixed media in a variety of subject matters such as musicians, café scenes and African market scenes amongst others. Many of her subjects are travel based and people in everyday life situations feature a great deal in her work, light and colour are the two important elements in her paintings together with semi abstract passages and a sense of ambiguity where she allows the viewer to make up the story.[8]
Awards
- Runner up in Test Valley Art’s Foundation Award at The Best of Hampshire 2009
- Test Valley Art’s Foundation Award for The Best Painting by a Hampshire Artist (Best of Hampshire Exhibition) at Sir Harold Hillier’s in November 2008
- Best Miniature Society of Floral Painters Mottisfont 2006
- Artist of the Year 2005 Artist & Illustrators exhibition
- Daler-Rowney Choice Award, Society of Women Artists, June 2004
- Winchester Art Club 76th annual exhibition November 2003
- Salisbury Open Award April 2003
- Fight for Sight regional competition November 2002
- Edwin Young Award April 2002
- Edwin Young Award Salisbury Open 1997 -The painting was purchased for the Edwin Young Museum collection
References
- ↑ Archipelago, World. "Soraya French". HarperCollins UK. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ "Home page". Townhouse Films. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ http://www.goldenpaints.com/artist/wap/artist.php?uid=73
- ↑ http://www.society-women-artists.org.uk/Soraya_French.html
- ↑ "Tim French". SAA Professional Members' Web Pages - Art Society, SAA. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ "Home". Wallop Artists. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ "Home". Andover Art Society. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ "Homepage". Soraya French. Retrieved 2016-03-13.