Artists

Alison Fowler

Alison Fowler, nee Stevens, was raised and educated in the Ottawa area, most notably in rural Manotick.  During her formative years, the Stevens family resided on a sprawling property bordering the Rideau River, and it was here that Alison formulated and nurtured an abiding love of nature and gardening that to this day serves as inspiration for her works of art in the form of landscapes and still life pictorials of flora and fauna.

While attending high school, Alison discovered an aptitude for art, drafting and building construction, three disciplines that eventually coalesced into a four year stint at Algonquin College in the Interior Design Program.  Upon graduation, diploma in hand, Alison formed a sole proprietorship ~ Alison Designs ~ and offered specialty interior painting and colour consulting to her clients.

Alison is blessed with a sense of "radicalness" of colour that infuses all of her artwork.  A "colourist," she uses a palette knife and brushwork to create design elements in a natural setting that explores the artistic realm between abstraction and reality.  Her art is deceptively simple and straightforward: eye pleasing composition, dollops of underlying texture and, above all else, vibrant and stunning colour.