Judith Alsop Miles
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| Gender | Female |
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| Location | Diggle, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | As a child I was always drawing and did well in art at school. At 18, faced with the dilemma of whether to apply for art college or university to study languages, I chose the more academic route, which led to a career in translation. Happily, I never stopped drawing and seized every opportunity to develop my artistic skills. A few years ago, while living in the foothills of the French Pyrenees, I started drawing and painting in sketchbooks, capturing scenes from everyday life in the towns, villages and countryside of the Languedoc. Working in line-and-wash or pure watercolour, inspired by the light and colours of southern Europe, I developed a distinctive style: illustrative without being photographic, it conveys a strong sense of place and mood. After a decade in France, I returned to my native northwest England where I now draw inspiration from the moorland landscape and stone buildings of Saddleworth, as well as the contrasting urban environment and industrial architecture of Greater Manchester. My studio is in a Victorian cotton mill in Mossley, Tameside. |