Alice Mumford RWA

Alice Mumford is painter of still life and interiors who is known for her skilful use of light.

Alice was born in Bogota, Colombia and later moved to Norway with her family. She went to Dartington Hall School in Devon in her teens, and then to Camberwell School of Art in 1983. She has been exhibiting her paintings for over thirty years, with many sell-out solo shows. She has been teaching at the St Ives School of Painting for twenty-five years, and has made a series of short films for YouTube about ideas in painting. She was elected an R.W.A. in 2010.

Alice Mumford has been based in Cornwall for the past 30 years. An admirer of Bonnard, Matisse and Winifred Nicholson, Mumford takes full advantage of the particular Cornish light and is known for her extreme competence in interpreting this through her favoured still life and interior subjects.

Alice Mumford comes from a long line of women painters where painting was as commonplace as eating or listening to the radio. An everyday thing.  “As a child my family lived and worked in many different countries. With every new place we went to my mother made a sense of belonging and beauty with the things she took with her. Particularly with the way the meal table was laid. Different coloured tablemats, plates and napkins always there to welcome us. Perhaps this is where my love of still life comes from.”

 Alice paints as if there is a light coming from within the canvas, and in seeing the work in the flesh, one appreciates her skill in handling paint in this mysterious way.

The Thackeray Gallery has represented Alice Mumford since 2025. 

You can see more of Alice’s work on her website: https://www.alicemumford.com/