Alice Mumford RWA
Around the table with Friends and Family, Polgrean - oil on canvas - 76 x 100cm
Breakfast in the Kitchen, Polgrean Farmhouse - oil on canvas - 76 x 100cm
Cool Shade in the Studio - oil on canvas laid on board - 33 x 40cm
Dreaming of the Isle of Arran - oil on canvas - 61 x 76cm
Early Summer Through My Window - oil on canvas laid on board - 41 x 80cm
Electric Light Tulips - oil on canvas laid on board - 47 x 62cm
From Hendra Hill, Cornwall - oil on canvas - 25 x 30cm
Hendra View - oil on canvas - 21 x 30cm
A Hot Summers Day, Polgrean - oil on canvas - 100cm x 120cm
Jolly Pink and Azure - oil on canvas - 50 x 60cm
Listening to the Sea - oil on canvas laid on board - 38 x 46cm
Long Summer Days - oil on canvas laid on board - 70 x 80cm
Looking Towards Prussia Cove - oil on canvas - 20 x 30cm
Opening the Windows for the First Time - oil on canvas - 50 x 61cm
Orange Pieces and Bold Pink - oil on canvas laid on board - 34 x 41cm
Pale January Light - oil on canvas laid on board - 47 x 56cm
Quiet Afternoon - oil on canvas - 50 x 60cm
Seaside and The Lemon Yellow Chair, Peranuthnoe - oil on canvas laid on board - 33 x 41cm
Spring Light Through the Window - oil on canvas - 60 x 70cm
Tea and Cards - oil on canvas laid on board - 51 x 74cm
The Full Moon, Late Autumn - oil on canvas laid on board - 19 x 28cm
The Indian Pink Cloth and Apricots - oil on canvas laid on board - 41 x 56cm
The Pale Azure Cloth and Terracotta Jug - oil on canvas laid on board - 41 x 55cm
The Pink Chair and Scallop Shell - oil on board - 50 x 95cm
The Seaside Garden, Peranuthnoe, Cornwall - oil on canvas laid on board - 38 x 56cm
The Striped Cup and Babys Breath Flowers - oil on canvas laid on board - 43 x 63cm
The Striped Cup and Babys Breath Flowers - oil on canvas laid on board - 43 x 63cm
Warmth on a Cold Day - oil on board - 50 x 100cm
Warmth on a Winters Day - oil on canvas laid on board - 46 x 69cm
Lace Curtains in the Window, Polgrean - oil on canvas - 50 x 60cm
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/