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British artist Alison Friend’s oil paintings blend traditional portrait techniques—like those of the Old Masters—with contemporary whimsy, particularly capturing the human-like antics of cats and dogs. A fine art graduate from Nottingham Trent …

'Grandma's Cat' — back in the 60’s and 70’s when everyone smoked….including the cat! This Limited Edition Print is currently available on my website. Only a few left!

Alison’s oil paintings blend traditional portrait techniques like those of the old masters with contemporary whimsy, particularly capturing the human-like antics of cats and dogs. A fine art graduate from Nottingham Trent University, where she specialized in printmaking, initially pursuing a career illustrating children’s books.

These are the questions Alison Friend poses in her first U.S. solo exhibition at Harman Projects, While You Were Out… Taking stylistic inspiration from the Old European Masters, Friend’s new series of oil paintings capture the clandestine lives of our precocious and loveable cats and dogs who smoke, drink, read, and eat when we’re not ...

From Harman Projects, Alison Friend, Grandma's Cat (2023 ), Oil on linen panel, 12 × 9 in

2024年3月9日 · Taking stylistic inspiration from the Old European Masters, Friend’s new series of oil paintings capture the clandestine lives of our precocious and loveable cats and dogs who smoke, drink, read, and eat when we’re not looking.

2023年10月26日 · Alison Friend，出生于1973年，毕业于诺丁汉特伦特大学，获得美术和版画学位。 作为一位颇有成就的儿童插画家，迄今为止已出版了 20 多本书籍，同时也是诺丁汉市第一位女石匠。

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There are no custom fees for UK, EU and USA. For some other countries there is a small chance custom fees will be required, for more information see here. Are the prints archival? My fine art prints are designed to last, and are only printed on archival fine art papers using processes that maintain the details of my work.