Alce Harfield - Painting
Alce was born in Sussex in 1966 to a very creative family. Her father was a commercial photographer, lecturer and picture framer and her mother Head of Art at a local convent school. Her brother and sister went on to study Architecture and Printmaking. Alce completed a Pre-degree course at Worthing College of Art, before gaining a 2:1 BA (Hons) Degree in Interior Design at Leicester Polytechnic.
Moving to Bristol in 1988 to design pubs for Courage Ltd, Alce then went on to design office and shop interiors for another design practice before spending time as a freelance interior designer in the centre of Bristol working on commercial and domestic projects.
In the early 90̢۪s Alce owned The Silly Fish Shops in Bristol and Bath selling her paintings and plasterwork based on the theme of fish. After 10 years with rising costs she closed the last one to concentrate on her painting.
A move to Somerset from Bristol allowed her to build her dream studio and live the ‘good life’. Then early in 2004 Alce had two cataract operations, which gave her a completely new perspective to her work!
Alce̢۪s main incentive for painting is still foremost the pleasure it brings and a continual fascination with colour and texture. She is influenced by many artists from Picasso to Turner, from Wallasse Ting to Raul Duffy and is inspired by the use of colour by Jake Sutton.
Eager to experiment she is well known for her wild skies, seascapes, cityscapes and her first love, bright florals. A brush with abstract art is still developing!
The development of a uniquely formulated three dimensional acrylic with light reflecting qualities has taken her work in a more contemporary direction with an emphasis on textural layers and additional mixed media from resin bumble bees to natural skeleton leaves.
Alce has been published by a number of national publishing houses including Woodmansterne and De Monford Fine Art.
Contact Details:
01749 880020
Somerset