Fiona McAlpine

Fiona McAlpine is a still life painter, born in 1961. She graduated with a BA Hons in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College, London.

Fiona paints with a gift for pattern, integrating jugs and flowers into the natural rhythm of the Welsh landscape. She has been influenced by 20th century British Artists, and with her instinctive and colourful palette, she paints vibrant and decorative oils depicting flowers from her garden and the general chaos of her kitchen table.

Fiona emphasises that a history can be traced through her works, rooting them in temporality:

‘I think what I like, and what I hope other people enjoy, about my paintings is when you look at them closely you can see all the skeletons of past marks and past ideas all helping to make a lovely surface. I’m changing my paintings all the time and I’m usually working probably on about five or six paintings at any one time’.

Fiona McAlpine has exhibited her still life across the UK throughout her entire career from 2004, to include: Gorstella Gallery, Chester; Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Hampshire; British Art Portfolio, Northamptonshire; Hollywood Road Gallery, London; Maggie’s Spring Art Show, Spring Art Show Shropshire;  Five-ways, Sekers Fine Art, Cheshire; St Martin’s Gospel Oak Charity Exhibition, London; Mallett, London; Thackeray Gallery, London.

In 2023, Fiona exhibited her solo show, ‘Paintings from the Hills’ at The Thackeray Gallery.

The Thackeray Gallery has represented Fiona McAlpine since 2015.