![]() ![]() Q: Alan, can you tell us about some of your artworks and what they mean to you.Ī: The “Female Shoveler” was an image I felt compelled to draw as it really struck a chord with me. ![]() Many Intimate and Fleeting Moments with Birds Attending college was an amazing experience and opened me up to more creative ways of thinking and to other mediums as well. I also began getting interested in the possibility of attending art college to study graphic design and illustration. Some of these would go on to be used as references for my drawing. I also began experimenting with photography as a hobby and developing and printing my own photographs. For example when did you first begin to create art as an adult? Did you study at all and if so where?Ī: As an adult I was quiet on the art front for a few years and I chose to take an apprenticeship and earn a wage, get a car, girls, beer etc, but in the early 1980s I started sketching again and drawing pictures of film stars and rock stars for work colleagues and friends. Q: What journey have you been on as an artist. “Sandhi Crane” by Alan Woollett Coloured pencil 18 x 12 inches An inspirational guitar-playing hippy of an art teacher also helped and made me think how brilliant it would be to design album sleeves as a job (yes it was that long ago!) At secondary school art became my favourite subject and the only one I really excelled at. I remember at school my enthusiasm for drawing coupled with quite a keen accuracy for detail was noticed by several of my teachers and always mentioned to my parents at parent evenings. Q: Alan could you tell us when you first realised that you enjoyed creating art as a child and you were supported in your decision, if so by who?Ī: I had always enjoyed drawing from around the age of 4, anything and everything were my favourite subjects, but ideally with lots of explosions and drama. Inspired by a Guitar-playing Hippy Art Teacher Q: Please tell us your preferred art name year of birth and Country of originĪ: Alan Woollett, born in 1964 (so old!!) born in Chatham, Kent, England now living in Maidstone, Kent. “Puffin Quartet” by Alan Woollett in Coloured Pencil 28 x 9 inches Interview with Alan Woollett by Cindy Wider In his artworks, Alan’s love and admiration for birds becomes his soul made visible. He invites us into his world, to share the same appreciation he has for these incredibly spectacular feathered creatures. Going far beyond that fact (although amazing in itself) not only can we admire a very beautiful picture of an incredibly well-drawn bird, in every artwork Alan creates he also shares with us his deep soul-connection to the subject. When viewing Alan’s work its clearly evident that he has incredible anatomical knowledge and technical skill, as well as outstanding control of the coloured pencil medium. In his spectacular coloured pencil artworks, Alan successfully captures the majestic, graceful splendour that is unique to birds making them a particularly challenging subject to most artists. He also has some very valuable advice to offer other aspiring artists. In this interview, he shares with us some of his deeper thoughts and feelings as we learn more about Alan the man himself. Alan Woollett in his studio in Maidstone Kent EnglandĪlan Woollett is absolutely one of the greatest master bird artists of our time. ![]()
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