Soraya French | |
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ثریا فرانسه | |
Born | 1957
Tehran, Iran |
Known for | Author of educational books and acrylic painter |
Soraya French ( Persian: ثریا فرانسه, born 1957) is an Iranian artist known for her vivid use of colour in acrylic based multimedia and she has produced six books [1] 30 Minute Acrylics, and Dynamic Acrylics and an instructional DVD. [2]
She is a regular contributor to The Artist magazine and regularly holds painting workshops in her studio at Project Workshops. [3] She is a demonstrator for GOLDEN artist colors. [4]
She is the President of the Society of Women Artists (SWA) [5] and the Andover Art Society, [6] a member of Society of All Artists (SAA), [7] Society for Floral Painting (SFP) and Wallop Artists. [8] She has won various awards, the most notable are the Daler Rowney Choice Awards at Society of Women Artists.
Soraya is a versatile artist working in watercolours, oils, pastels, acrylics and mixed media in a variety of subject matters such as musicians, café scenes and African market scenes amongst others. Many of her subjects are travel based and people in everyday life situations feature a great deal in her work, light and colour are the two important elements in her paintings together with semi abstract passages and a sense of ambiguity where she allows the viewer to make up the story. [9]
Soraya French | |
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ثریا فرانسه | |
Born | 1957
Tehran, Iran |
Known for | Author of educational books and acrylic painter |
Soraya French ( Persian: ثریا فرانسه, born 1957) is an Iranian artist known for her vivid use of colour in acrylic based multimedia and she has produced six books [1] 30 Minute Acrylics, and Dynamic Acrylics and an instructional DVD. [2]
She is a regular contributor to The Artist magazine and regularly holds painting workshops in her studio at Project Workshops. [3] She is a demonstrator for GOLDEN artist colors. [4]
She is the President of the Society of Women Artists (SWA) [5] and the Andover Art Society, [6] a member of Society of All Artists (SAA), [7] Society for Floral Painting (SFP) and Wallop Artists. [8] She has won various awards, the most notable are the Daler Rowney Choice Awards at Society of Women Artists.
Soraya is a versatile artist working in watercolours, oils, pastels, acrylics and mixed media in a variety of subject matters such as musicians, café scenes and African market scenes amongst others. Many of her subjects are travel based and people in everyday life situations feature a great deal in her work, light and colour are the two important elements in her paintings together with semi abstract passages and a sense of ambiguity where she allows the viewer to make up the story. [9]