Lindy Allfrey

My still life paintings are inspired by the Spanish Still Life painters, I like to place my objects, fruit, and stories in a theatrical environment, lighting it to create atmosphere and play on colour. Colour and atmosphere play a big part in my inspiration, searching for what attracts the eye, what gives pleasure to the viewer enabling them to truly see natural objects in their beauty and light.

“Lindy’s still life paintings have a variety of textures and colours that punch off the canvas, living with her work, her paintings always have life and interest. As time goes by, I never tire of looking at them.” Paul Walker.

Lindy has exhibited in London, Aldeburgh, Ipswich, Stow on the Wold & Cheltenham, with paintings in private collections around the world.

Awards.

2020 Broadway Arts Festival Figurative Painting 1st Prize.

The President & Vice-President’s award for best painting at the SWA Annual Show in London for her “New York nude” 2012.

The John Singer Sargent people’s award at the Broadway Art Festival 2010.

Her painting of 30 Officers of the Irish Guards was unveiled by HRH the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

She has recently finished a commission for the Queen’s Royal Hussars to paint the Officers of the Regiment

Training.

1999 - 2000 Charles Cecil Atelier Florence, Italy

2003 - 2005 Heatherley School of Art Portrait Diploma

2010 - 2015 Workshops with American Portrait & Still Life Painters

She attended workshops in the USA with Grand Central Academy of New York with Douglas Flynt, Travis Schlaht and Edward Minoff other workshops include Steven Assael, David Leffel, Joseph Todorovitch, and anatomy with Scott Eaton

2016 - 2017 The Barnes Atelier.

Year One of the Master Academy Programme.

She also runs Portrait painting & Still Life Workshops in her studio in the Cotswolds