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All artwork (c) Allison Coelho Picone. Copyright for these images belongs solely to Allison Coelho Picone. Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the artist.

My earliest recollections to the start of my artistic career began when I was merely 13 years old. My 7th grade art teacher praised one of my pencil portraits. With an emphasis on my love of Art, throughout high school, academics were rearranged to allow for art classes. In the fall of my senior year, I was selected to attend an eight week art course at Boston University and in March of senior year my self-portrait in pencil won a Boston Globe award. My decision for college was whether to follow in my father's footsteps and pursue a major in Chemistry or to choose Art. I chose the latter and graduated top honors from UMass Dartmouth in 1992 with a BFA in Illustration and remained at UMass in 1993 to earn a second BFA in Painting and a Concentration in Computer Animation.

My professional career consisted of computer graphics utilizing my skills in composition, illustration, and animation. For pleasure, my husband and I traveled to New Orleans, cruised the Caribbean or hiked the NH mountains. Plein Aire painting was limited to weekends, but everything came to a halt with the birth of our first child. For the next eight years, my sole job was to raise our two children and to make our house in Grafton a home. It wasn't until the children were at school that I listened to my inner voice screaming, 'Paint!'

I have always cherished moments in time, a child's infectious laugh, a family event, backlit leaves and flowers, stormy landscapes, and ever-changing skies. During those brief moments, I am moved by the way sunlight illuminates people, objects, and landscapes. I don't have to look much farther than my backyard where open land, wildflower meadows, distant hills, luminous clouds, and light inspire me to explore a deeper meaning.

The Impressionists and Post-Impressionists are my greatest influences, in particular Monet's ethereal light, Van Gogh's awareness of nature, color and line, and Degas' dynamic compositions. Last September, an art encounter and retreat with Mary Moquin, a Cape Cod landscape artist, reawakened my sensitivity to nature. I placed representation aside to explore the peaceful and restorative power that nature yields through an application of various mediums and techniques. I strive to express emotion with soulful sensitivity using a movement of layered paint to reveal color and light.


~ Allison Coelho Picone