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

References

  1. Archipelago, World. "Soraya French". HarperCollins UK. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  2. "Home page". Townhouse Films. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  3. http://www.goldenpaints.com/artist/wap/artist.php?uid=73
  4. http://www.society-women-artists.org.uk/Soraya_French.html
  5. "Tim French". SAA Professional Members' Web Pages - Art Society, SAA. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  6. "Home". Wallop Artists. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  7. "Home". Andover Art Society. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  8. "Homepage". Soraya French. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
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