Biography
Alison Hill was born in 1955 in Lancashire, England. Having shown an interest in and talent for art from an early age, she was in 1974 offered a place on the BA Fine Art course at the University of Leeds. She gained a BA hons in Fine Art, followed by a PGCE in Art Education in 1980 and spent several years teaching art in colleges of further education in the North West.
In the summer of 2005 Alison returned to what had been her earlier ambition of becoming a professional artist and began to spend much of her time in the studio working prolifically to produce a whole range of paintings and drawings including portraits of her family and paintings inspired by her love of plants and gardens. She works in a variety of media including acrylic, gouache, oil and coloured pencil.
An interview with Alison Hill by the Canadian artist, Christopher Pew, can be found here
Exhibitions
March 29 - May 17 2008 Gaunt Gallery Frome, Somerset
Nov. 17 2007 - Jan. 12 2008 Bolton Museum and Art Gallery - Open Exhibition
