Alison Holt Textile Artist Solo Exhibition- The Threads of Nature

About

This textile exhibition reflects the richness and diversity in the countryside of North Wales by Alison who creates freehand embroidery and silk painted landscapes.

As the winner of the People's Choice award in the Pensychnant Summer Open Exhibition 2024 with "One Frosty Morning" Alison is now bringing a large body of her work for visitors to see

Alison is a textile artist based on the Shropshire Wales border with a fine art textiles degree from Goldsmiths College, London

She combines silk painting and freehand machine embroidery, to create different surfaces and textures within her work
Drawing with a basic sewing machine Alison creates richly detailed and textured studies of landscapes and the natural world. Her art reflects her fascination with pattern, light and colour. She aims to capture a moment and a memory, driven by the need to explore and record what she sees through stitch and paint

With a career spanning 40 years as a textile artist, tutor and author Alison has exhibited widely in the UK, Australia, NZ and Europe, including selected shows at the Mall Galleries, London and with various Royal Societies including the Royal Society of Marine Artists where she won the Charles Pears Award.